2020
Local glutamate-mediated dendritic plateau potentials change the state of the cortical pyramidal neuron
Gao PP, Graham JW, Zhou WL, Jang J, Angulo S, Dura-Bernal S, Hines M, Lytton WW, Antic SD. Local glutamate-mediated dendritic plateau potentials change the state of the cortical pyramidal neuron. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2020, 125: 23-42. PMID: 33085562, PMCID: PMC8087381, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00734.2019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCortical pyramidal neuronsDendritic plateau potentialsPyramidal neuronsPlateau potentialsCell bodiesBasal dendritesAfferent inputDendritic potentialsAction potentialsThin basal dendritesSomatic input resistanceThin dendritic branchesLocal dendritic potentialNeuronal statesGlutamatergic inputsFunctional neuronal ensemblesTau changesCortical neuronsVoltage-sensitive dyeDendritic spikesMembrane time constantStimulation intensityOblique branchNeuronsInput resistance
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