2012
Physiological Properties of Human Fetal Cortex In Vitro
Moore A, Zhou W, Jakovcevski I, Zecevic N, Antic S. Physiological Properties of Human Fetal Cortex In Vitro. Neuromethods 2012, 73: 125-158. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-020-5_3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman fetal tissuesAnimal modelsWhole-cell patch-clamp recordingsFetal tissuesBrain developmentHuman cortical neuronsElectrical activityHuman fetal cortexAcute brain slicesSpontaneous electrical activityHuman cerebral cortexPatch-clamp recordingsNeuronal membrane excitabilityHuman cortical developmentNormal brain developmentEvolutionary changeBiophysical membrane propertiesCellular divisionCerebral cortexFetal cortexCortical neuronsBrain slicesCortical developmentPsychiatric diseasesFunctional maturation
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