2012
Dopaminergic Regulation of Dendritic Calcium: Fast Multisite Calcium Imaging
Zhou W, Oikonomou K, Short S, Antic S. Dopaminergic Regulation of Dendritic Calcium: Fast Multisite Calcium Imaging. Methods In Molecular Biology 2012, 964: 123-138. PMID: 23296782, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-251-3_9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDendritic calcium transientsCalcium transientsDendritic treeNormal cortical functionIndividual cortical neuronsElaborate dendritic treesNeocortical pyramidal neuronsSomatic action potentialsDendritic calciumGlutamatergic inputsPyramidal neuronsDopaminergic drugsDopaminergic regulationCortical neuronsDopaminergic modulationCortical functionExogenous dopamineSynaptic integrationAction potentialsCalcium imagingDopamine toneDendritic compartmentsDopaminergic signalsDendritic branchesCalcium fluctuations
2011
Spontaneous Electrical Activity in the Human Fetal Cortex In Vitro
Moore A, Zhou W, Jakovcevski I, Zecevic N, Antic S. Spontaneous Electrical Activity in the Human Fetal Cortex In Vitro. Journal Of Neuroscience 2011, 31: 2391-2398. PMID: 21325506, PMCID: PMC3564513, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3886-10.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAction potential firingSpontaneous electrical activitySP neuronsPlateau depolarizationsHuman fetal neuronsElectrical activityHuman fetal cortexFunctional synaptic contactsHuman cerebral cortexSpontaneous network activitySlow-wave sleepHuman postmortem tissueSlow oscillatory patternsGABA ionotropic receptorsHuman subplate neuronsFetal neuronsSubplate neuronsCerebral cortexGestational weeksSynaptic contactsFetal cortexPostsynaptic potentialsCortical neuronsAdult neocortexSynaptic inputs
2007
Intracellular long-wavelength voltage-sensitive dyes for studying the dynamics of action potentials in axons and thin dendrites
Zhou W, Yan P, Wuskell J, Loew L, Antic S. Intracellular long-wavelength voltage-sensitive dyes for studying the dynamics of action potentials in axons and thin dendrites. Journal Of Neuroscience Methods 2007, 164: 225-239. PMID: 17560661, PMCID: PMC2001318, DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research