2010
Imaging Inhibitory Synaptic Potentials Using Voltage Sensitive Dyes
Canepari M, Willadt S, Zecevic D, Vogt KE. Imaging Inhibitory Synaptic Potentials Using Voltage Sensitive Dyes. Biophysical Journal 2010, 98: 2032-2040. PMID: 20441768, PMCID: PMC2862202, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.01.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInhibitory postsynaptic potentialsVoltage-sensitive dyeGABAergic inhibitory postsynaptic potentialsCA1 hippocampal pyramidal neuronsPatch electrodeInhibitory synaptic potentialsInhibitory synaptic transmissionHippocampal pyramidal neuronsIntracellular chloride concentrationWhole-cell configurationPyramidal neuronsApical dendritesPostsynaptic potentialsSynaptic potentialsSynaptic transmissionBrain slicesElectrode recordingsNeuronsSensitive dyeVoltage imaging techniqueDendritesMultiple sitesVoltage imagingAxons
2009
Wide-Field and Two-Photon Imaging of Brain Activity with Voltage and Calcium-Sensitive Dyes
Homma R, Baker BJ, Jin L, Garaschuk O, Konnerth A, Cohen LB, Bleau CX, Canepari M, Djurisic M, Zecevic D. Wide-Field and Two-Photon Imaging of Brain Activity with Voltage and Calcium-Sensitive Dyes. Methods In Molecular Biology 2009, 489: 43-79. PMID: 18839087, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-543-5_3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCalcium-sensitive dyeOlfactory bulb glomeruliCell typesBrain activityIndividual cell typesOlfactory receptor neuronsNerve terminalsSynaptic activityVoltage-sensitive dyeSpike activityTwo-photon imagingVivo preparationMammalian brainReceptor neuronsIndividual neuronsIon-sensitive dyesNeuronsTwo-photon microscopyBrainMembrane potentialLow sensitivitySensitive dyeNoseOutput spike trainsSpike trains
2008
Combining Voltage and Calcium Imaging from Neuronal Dendrites
Canepari M, Vogt K, Zecevic D. Combining Voltage and Calcium Imaging from Neuronal Dendrites. Cellular And Molecular Neurobiology 2008, 28: 1079. PMID: 18500551, PMCID: PMC3143714, DOI: 10.1007/s10571-008-9285-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHippocampal CA1 pyramidal neuronsCA1 pyramidal neuronsCerebellar Purkinje neuronsOptical signalPyramidal neuronsSame neuronsVoltage-sensitive dyePurkinje neuronsCalcium transientsFura-FFMeaningful new informationNeuronal functionCalcium imagingDendritic integrationNeuronal dendritesFree Ca2NeuronsPhysiological Ca2Membrane potential changesPhysiological changesMembrane potentialCa2Sensitive dye