2012
Palette of fluorinated voltage-sensitive hemicyanine dyes
Yan P, Acker C, Zhou W, Lee P, Bollensdorff C, Negrean A, Lotti J, Sacconi L, Antic S, Kohl P, Mansvelder H, Pavone F, Loew L. Palette of fluorinated voltage-sensitive hemicyanine dyes. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 20443-20448. PMID: 23169660, PMCID: PMC3528613, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214850109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAnimalsBiophysical PhenomenaBrainCalcium SignalingCarbocyaninesColoring AgentsDendritic SpinesFemaleFluorescent DyesFluorineGuinea PigsHeartIn Vitro TechniquesMiceMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonMolecular StructureOptical PhenomenaPurkinje CellsRatsRats, WistarSpectrophotometryConceptsNew voltage-sensitive dyesVoltage-sensitive dyeOne-photon excitation spectrumOptical recordingTwo-photon excitationAvailable optical technologiesOptical technologiesExcitation spectraEmission spectraExcitation wavelengthRed shiftExcitation rangeExperimental requirementsSingle dendritic spinesHemicyanine dyesFluorine atomsSpectraDendritic spinesChromophoreWavelengthExcitationAtomsVoltageExperimental preparationEmission
2007
Voltage and calcium transients in basal dendrites of the rat prefrontal cortex
Milojkovic B, Zhou W, Antic S. Voltage and calcium transients in basal dendrites of the rat prefrontal cortex. The Journal Of Physiology 2007, 585: 447-468. PMID: 17932150, PMCID: PMC2375496, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.142315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDendritic plateau potentialsCalcium transientsPlateau potentialsBasal dendritesDendritic branchesSmall-amplitude depolarizationThin basal dendritesDendritic calcium transientsGlutamatergic synaptic inputsDendritic calcium dynamicsRat prefrontal cortexHigher cortical functionsThin dendritic branchesNeocortical pyramidal cellsSame dendritic branchCalcium distributionDendritic excitabilitySynaptic contactsIndividual dendritic branchesExcitatory inputsPyramidal cellsCortical functionSynaptic inputsSame dendriteSynaptic integration