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
Structural organization and function of mouse photoreceptor ribbon synapses involve the immunoglobulin protein synaptic cell adhesion molecule 1
Ribic A, Liu X, Crair MC, Biederer T. Structural organization and function of mouse photoreceptor ribbon synapses involve the immunoglobulin protein synaptic cell adhesion molecule 1. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 2014, 522: 900-920. PMID: 23982969, PMCID: PMC3947154, DOI: 10.1002/cne.23452.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlcohol OxidoreductasesAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCell Adhesion Molecule-1Cell Adhesion MoleculesCo-Repressor ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsElectroretinographyFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalImmunoglobulinsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, ImmunoelectronNerve Tissue ProteinsPhosphoproteinsReceptors, Metabotropic GlutamateRetinaRetinal Rod Photoreceptor CellsSynapsesVesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 1ConceptsCell adhesion molecule-1Adhesion molecule-1Ribbon synapsesKO retinasSynaptic cell adhesion molecule 1Molecule-1Mouse photoreceptor ribbon synapsesInner retinal layersPhotoreceptor ribbon synapsesRod visual pathwayEarly postnatal stagesPlexiform layerKO micePhotoreceptor synapsesSynaptic organizationExcitatory synapsesQuantitative ultrastructural analysisRetinal layersKnockout miceOuter nuclearVisual pathwaySynapse developmentElectroretinogram recordingsPostnatal stagesAdhesion molecules