2018
Input-Specific NMDAR-Dependent Potentiation of Dendritic GABAergic Inhibition
Chiu CQ, Martenson JS, Yamazaki M, Natsume R, Sakimura K, Tomita S, Tavalin SJ, Higley MJ. Input-Specific NMDAR-Dependent Potentiation of Dendritic GABAergic Inhibition. Neuron 2018, 97: 368-377.e3. PMID: 29346754, PMCID: PMC5777295, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.12.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDendritic inhibitionInput-specific long-term potentiationNMDA-type glutamate receptorsGABAergic inhibitory synapsesSomatostatin-expressing interneuronsGABA-A receptorsNormal brain functionLong-term potentiationForms of plasticityHomeostatic cellular mechanismsGABAergic inhibitionSynaptic excitationPerisomatic inhibitionPostsynaptic spikingInhibitory synapsesLong-term plasticityGlutamate receptorsInhibitory inputsSynaptic transmissionDependent potentiationCortical circuitsGenetic deletionBrain functionNeuronal dendritesCellular mechanisms
2013
Compartmentalization of GABAergic Inhibition by Dendritic Spines
Chiu CQ, Lur G, Morse TM, Carnevale NT, Ellis-Davies GC, Higley MJ. Compartmentalization of GABAergic Inhibition by Dendritic Spines. Science 2013, 340: 759-762. PMID: 23661763, PMCID: PMC3752161, DOI: 10.1126/science.1234274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGABAergic inhibitionDendritic spinesPerisomatic inhibitory synapsesPyramidal cell dendritesTwo-photon calcium imagingAction potential outputAcid-mediated inhibitionIndividual dendritic spinesGABAergic controlGABAergic synapsesPyramidal neuronsCell dendritesInhibitory synapsesNeuronal activityCalcium imagingSpine headsInhibitory actionNeocortexInhibitionSpineSynapsesCompartmentalized controlCritical roleSignalingPostsynapticOptically Selective Two-Photon Uncaging of Glutamate at 900 nm
Olson JP, Kwon HB, Takasaki KT, Chiu CQ, Higley MJ, Sabatini BL, Ellis-Davies GC. Optically Selective Two-Photon Uncaging of Glutamate at 900 nm. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2013, 135: 5954-5957. PMID: 23577752, PMCID: PMC4079120, DOI: 10.1021/ja4019379.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTwo-photon excitation