2011
An Instructive Role for Patterned Spontaneous Retinal Activity in Mouse Visual Map Development
Xu HP, Furman M, Mineur YS, Chen H, King SL, Zenisek D, Zhou ZJ, Butts DA, Tian N, Picciotto MR, Crair MC. An Instructive Role for Patterned Spontaneous Retinal Activity in Mouse Visual Map Development. Neuron 2011, 70: 1115-1127. PMID: 21689598, PMCID: PMC3119851, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.04.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpontaneous retinal activityRetinal activityRetinal ganglion cell projectionsEye-specific segregationGanglion cell projectionsSpontaneous retinal wavesActivity-dependent refinementRetinal ganglion cellsMouse visual systemComplex neural circuitsEye of originRetinal wavesGanglion cellsRetinotopic refinementNeuronal activitySpontaneous activityMammalian visual systemAcetylcholine receptorsNeuronal connectivityMammalian brainNeural circuitsOverall activity levelsActivity levelsBrainVisual system
2006
Role of Efficient Neurotransmitter Release in Barrel Map Development
Lu HC, Butts DA, Kaeser PS, She WC, Janz R, Crair MC. Role of Efficient Neurotransmitter Release in Barrel Map Development. Journal Of Neuroscience 2006, 26: 2692-2703. PMID: 16525048, PMCID: PMC6675166, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3956-05.2006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenylyl CyclasesAlpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic AcidAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBlotting, WesternBrain MappingCalciumDizocilpine MaleateDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug InteractionsElectric StimulationExcitatory Amino Acid AgonistsExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGTP-Binding ProteinsIn Vitro TechniquesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, Mutant StrainsModels, NeurologicalNeural PathwaysNeuronal PlasticityNeurotransmitter AgentsN-MethylaspartatePatch-Clamp TechniquesSomatosensory CortexSynapsinsThalamusTime FactorsConceptsThalamocortical afferentsEfficient neurotransmitter releaseNeurotransmitter releaseBarrelless miceActivity-dependent processesNeuronal circuit formationAdenylyl cyclase IBarrel mapSynaptic transmissionPresynaptic terminalsPresynaptic functionCircuit formationCortical mapsMutant miceMiceNeuronal modulesRelease efficacyEfficient synaptic transmissionActive zone proteinsZone proteinEfficacyMap developmentRIM proteinsAC1 functionRelease
1997
Stimulus‐dependent induction of long‐term potentiation in CA1 area of the hippocampus: Experiment and model
Aihara T, Tsukada M, Crair M, Shinomoto S. Stimulus‐dependent induction of long‐term potentiation in CA1 area of the hippocampus: Experiment and model. Hippocampus 1997, 7: 416-426. PMID: 9287081, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1063(1997)7:4<416::aid-hipo7>3.0.co;2-g.Peer-Reviewed Original Research