2020
Imaging and optogenetic modulation of vascular mural cells in the live brain
Tong L, Hill RA, Damisah EC, Murray KN, Yuan P, Bordey A, Grutzendler J. Imaging and optogenetic modulation of vascular mural cells in the live brain. Nature Protocols 2020, 16: 472-496. PMID: 33299155, DOI: 10.1038/s41596-020-00425-w.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsRegional cerebral blood flowMural cellsBlood-brain barrier maintenanceCerebral ischemia mouse modelAge-related neurodegenerative diseasesCerebral blood flowSmooth muscle cell physiologyBrain blood vesselsIschemia mouse modelVascular mural cellsBrain microvesselsHigh-resolution intravital imagingVascular disordersMouse modelBlood flowMuscle cell physiologyTransgenic miceCalcium transientsAlzheimer's diseaseCalcium imagingCell subtypesBarrier maintenanceNeurodegenerative diseasesTwo-photon optogeneticsBlood vessels
2014
GABAergic striatal neurons project dendrites and axons into the postnatal subventricular zone leading to calcium activity
Young SZ, Lafourcade CA, Platel JC, Lin TV, Bordey A. GABAergic striatal neurons project dendrites and axons into the postnatal subventricular zone leading to calcium activity. Frontiers In Cellular Neuroscience 2014, 8: 10. PMID: 24478632, PMCID: PMC3904109, DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubventricular zoneStriatal neuronsSVZ cellsCalcium increaseCalcium activityNeurogenic subventricular zoneSource of GABAGABAergic striatal neuronsPatch-clamp recordingsPostnatal subventricular zoneNeural progenitor cellsGABAergic neuronsPostnatal neurogenesisGABAA receptorsGABAAR activationClamp recordingsCalcium imagingStriatal activityNeuronsProgenitor cellsGABAAxonsDepolarizationCellsDendrites