2019
Synaptic Connectivity and Cortical Maturation Are Promoted by the ω-3 Fatty Acid Docosahexaenoic Acid
Carbone BE, Abouleish M, Watters KE, Vogel S, Ribic A, Schroeder OH, Bader BM, Biederer T. Synaptic Connectivity and Cortical Maturation Are Promoted by the ω-3 Fatty Acid Docosahexaenoic Acid. Cerebral Cortex 2019, 30: 226-240. PMID: 31034037, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual acuityDietary DHASynaptic connectivityFatty Acid Docosahexaenoic AcidVivo electrophysiological recordingsSize of synapsesEarly neuronal differentiationDose-dependent mannerFatty acid DHACortical maturationYoung miceAwake miceDendritic arborsCultured neuronsDHA's roleVisual cortexFunctional maturationPostsynaptic specializationsElectrophysiological recordingsCortical processingBrain developmentDocosahexaenoic acidAcid DHAPostnatal stagesNeuronal differentiation
2014
Activity-Dependent Regulation of Dendritic Complexity by Semaphorin 3A through Farp1
Cheadle L, Biederer T. Activity-Dependent Regulation of Dendritic Complexity by Semaphorin 3A through Farp1. Journal Of Neuroscience 2014, 34: 7999-8009. PMID: 24899721, PMCID: PMC4044256, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3950-13.2014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDendritic complexityTotal dendritic branch lengthActivity-dependent regulationDendritic shaftsDendritic arborizationDendritic arborsHippocampal neuronsSynaptic inputsNeuronal activityRat neuronsSemaphorin 3ANeuronal structuresSema3ADendrite differentiationNeuronsRac1 activatorDendritic morphologyComplex neuronal structuresPlexinA1Soluble cuesSignaling proteinsArborizationFARP1Coreceptor