2014
Branch specific and spike-order specific action potential invasion in basal, oblique, and apical dendrites of cortical pyramidal neurons
Zhou W, Short S, Rich M, Oikonomou K, Singh M, Sterjanaj E, Antic S. Branch specific and spike-order specific action potential invasion in basal, oblique, and apical dendrites of cortical pyramidal neurons. Neurophotonics 2014, 2: 021006-021006. PMID: 26157997, PMCID: PMC4478750, DOI: 10.1117/1.nph.2.2.021006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPyramidal neuronsAction potentialsDendritic branchesTrains of APsCortical pyramidal neuronsL5 pyramidal neuronsSame cortical layerNeocortical pyramidal neuronsAction potential invasionThin dendritic branchesAP backpropagationApical dendritesAP trainsApical trunkSame neuronsDendritic diameterDistal synapsesCalcium transientsVariable efficacyCalcium imagingCortical layersDendritic treeDendritic voltageOblique branchMultisite optical recordings
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
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