SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Impairments of glutamatergic synaptic transmission in Alzheimer’s disease
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Benedikt Zott, Arthur Konnerth
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Sciencedirect
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One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is structural cell damage and neuronal death in the brains of
affected individuals. As these changes are irreversible, it is important to understand their origins and precursors
in order to develop treatment strategies against AD. Here, we revie ... Read more.. |
Glutamate indicators with improved activation kinetics and localization for imaging synaptic transmission
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Abhi Aggarwal,Liu,Chen,Ralowicz,Bergerson,Tomaska,Hanson,Hasseman,Reep,Tsegaye,Yao,Ji,Kloos,Deepika,Walpita,Patel,Tilberg,Mohar,Jooger,Hoppa,Arthur Konnerth,Kleinfeld,Schreiter,Kaspar Podgorski
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Biorxiv.
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The fluorescent glutamate indicator iGluSnFR enables imaging of neurotransmission with genetic and
molecular specificity. However, existing iGluSnFR variants exhibit saturating activation kinetics and are
excluded from post-synaptic densities, limiting their ability to distinguish synaptic from ex ... Read more.. |
Fear learning induces α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated astrocytic responsiveness that is required for memory persistence
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Kuan Zhang,R.Förster,He1,Liao,Li1,Yang,Qin4,Wang,Ding,Li1,Jian1,Wang1,Zhang,Yang,Jin,Zhang,Qin6,Lu,Chen,Stobart,Weber,Adelsberger,Arthur Konnerth,Xiaowei Chen
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nature neuroscience
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Memory persistence is a fundamental cognitive process for guiding behaviors and is considered to rely mostly on neuronal
and synaptic plasticity. Whether and how astrocytes contribute to memory persistence is largely unknown. Here, by using
two-photon Ca2+ imaging in head-fixed mice and fiber ph ... Read more.. |
Single-neuron representation of learned complexsounds in the auditory cortex
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Meng Wang,Liao,Li,Liang,Ding,J.Li,Zhang,He,Ke Liu,JPan,Zhao,Li,Kuan Zhang,X.Li,Lyu,Z.Zhou,Zsuzsanna Varga,Y.Mi,Y.Zhou,J.Yan,S.Zeng,K.Liu,Arthur Konnerth,Israel Nelken,Hongbo Jia,Xiaowei Chen
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Nature Communications
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The sensory responses of cortical neuronal populations following training have been exten-sively studied. However, the spikefiring properties of individual cortical neurons followingtraining remain unknown. Here, we have combined two-photon Ca2+imaging and single-cellelectrophysiology in awake behav ... Read more.. |
A vicious cycle of β amyloid–dependent neuronal hyperactivation
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Benedikt Zott,Manuel M. Simon,Wei Hong, Felix Unger,Hsing-Jung Chen-Engerer,Matthew P. Frosch,Bert Sakmann,Dominic M. Walsh,Arthur Konnerth
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Science
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β-amyloid (Aβ )–dependent neuronal hyperactivity is believed to contribute to the circuit dysfunction that characterizes the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Although experimental evidence in support of this hypothesis continues to accrue, the underlying pathological mechanism ... Read more.. |
Two types of functionally distinct Ca2+ stores in hippocampal neurons
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Hsing-Jung Chen-Engerer, Jana Hartmann, Rosa Maria Karl, Jun Yang, Stefan Feske, Arthur Konnerth
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Nature Communication
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It is widely assumed that inositol trisphosphate (IP3) and ryanodine (Ry) receptors share the same Ca2+ pool in central mammalian neurons. We now demonstrate that in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons IP3- and Ry-receptors are associated with two functionally distinct intracellular Ca2+ stores, respe ... Read more.. |
High-performance calcium sensors for imaging activity in neuronal populations and microcompartments
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H.Dana,Yi Sun,B. Mohar,K. Hulse,A. M. Kerlin,J.P. Hasseman,G. Tsegaye, A. Tsang,A. Wong,R. Patel,J.J. Macklin,Y. Chen,A. Konnerth,V. Jayaraman,L.L. Looger,E.R. Schreiter, K. Svoboda,D.S. Kim
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Nature Methods
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Calcium imaging with genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) is routinely used to measure neural activity in intact
nervous systems. GECIs are frequently used in one of two different modes: to track activity in large populations of neuronal
cell bodies, or to follow dynamics in subcellular ... Read more.. |
Abolishing cAMP sensitivity in HCN2 pacemaker channels induces generalized seizures
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V. Hammelmann,M. S. Stieglitz,.H. Hülle,K. Le Meur,J. Kass,M Brümmer,C Gruner,R. D.Rötzer,S Fenske,J. Hartmann,B. Zott,A. Lüthi,S. Spahn,M Moser,D. Isbrandt,A. Ludwig,A. Konnerth,C Wahl-Schott,M. Biel
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JCI insight
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Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide–gated (HCN) channels are dually gated channels that are operated by voltage and by neurotransmitters via the cAMP system. cAMP-dependent HCN regulation has been proposed to play a key role in regulating circuit behavior in the thalamus. By analyzing a ... Read more.. |
In Vivo Functional Mapping of a Cortical Column at Single-Neuron Resolution
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Carsten H. Tischbirek, Takahiro Noda, Manabu Tohmi, Antje Birkner, Israel Nelken, Arthur Konnerth
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Cell Reports
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The cerebral cortex is organized in vertical columns
that contain neurons with similar functions. The
cellular micro-architecture of such columns is an
essential determinant of brain dynamics and cortical
information processing. However, a detailed understanding
of columns is incomplete, even i ... Read more.. |
What Happens with the Circuit in Alzheimers Disease in Mice and Humans?
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Benedikt Zott, Marc Aurel Busche, Reisa A. Sperling, Arthur Konnerth
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Annual Review of Neuroscience
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A major mystery of many types of neurological and psychiatric disorders,
such as Alzheimers disease (AD), remains the underlying, disease-specific
neuronal damage. Because of the strong interconnectivity of neurons in the
brain, neuronal dysfunction necessarily disrupts neuronal circuits. In this ... Read more.. |
A Visual-Cue-Dependent Memory Circuit for Place Navigation
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Han Qin , Ling Fu , Xiang Liao , Jian Lu , Wenjing He , Shanshan Liang , Kuan Zhang , Ruijie Li , Jiwei Yao , Junan Yan , Hao Chen , Hongbo Jia , Benedikt Zott , Arthur Konnerth , Xiaowei Chen
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Neuron
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The ability to remember and to navigate to safe places is necessary for survival. Place navigation is known to involve medial entorhinal cortex (MEC)-hippocampal connections. However, learning-dependent changes in neuronal activity in the distinct circuits remain unknown. Here, by using optic fiber ... Read more.. |
BACE inhibition-dependent repair of Alzheimer´s pathophysiology
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Keskin AD, Kekus M, Adelsberger H, Neumann U, Shimshek DR, Song B, Zott B, Peng T, Foerstl H, Staufenbiel M, Nelken I, Sakmann B, Konnerth A, Busche MA
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Amyloid-ß (Aß) is thought to play an essential pathogenic role in Alzheimers disease (AD). A key enzyme involved in the generation of Aß is the ß-secretase BACE, for which powerful inhibitors have been developed and are currently in use in human clinical trials. However, although BACE inhibition ... Read more.. |
Improved deep two-photon calcium imaging in vivo
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Birkner A, Tischbirek CH, Konnerth A
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Cell Calcium
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Two-photon laser scanning calcium imaging has emerged as a useful method for the exploration of neural function and structure at the cellular and subcellular level in vivo. The applications range from imaging of subcellular compartments such as dendrites, spines and axonal boutons up to the function ... Read more.. |
Cortical Sensory Responses Are Enhanced by the Higher-Order Thalamus
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Rebecca A. Mease , Markus Metz , Alexander Groh
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Cell Reports
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Mease et al. investigate a major, yet puzzling, thalamocortical pathway from the higher-order thalamus to the cortex. This pathway enhances sensory responses in layer 5 cortical neurons on fast and slow timescales. Such enhancement of cortical responses by higher-order thalamocortical inputs may ser ... Read more.. |
Decreased amyloid-β and increased neuronal hyperactivity by immunotherapy in Alzheimers models
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Marc Aurel Busche, Christine Grienberger, Aylin D Keskin, Beomjong Song, Ulf Neumann, Matthias Staufenbiel, Hans Förstl, Arthur Konnerth
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Nature Neuroscience
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Among the most promising approaches for treating Alzheimer´s disease is immunotherapy with amyloid-Beta (ABeta)-targeting antibodies. Using in vivo two-photon imaging in mouse models, we found that two different antibodies to ABeta used for treatment were ineffective at repairing neuronal dysfuncti ... Read more.. |
eta-Secretase processing of APP inhibits neuronal activity in the hippocampus
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M.Willem, Tahirovic, Busche, Ovsepian, Chafai, Kootar, Hornburg, Evans, Moore, Daria, Hampel, Mueller, Giudici, Nuscher, Kremmer, Heneka, Thal, Lannfelt, Mueller, Livesey, Meissner, Herms, Konnerth, M
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Nature | Letter
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Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of
amyloid plaques, which are predominantly composed of amyloid-b
peptide1. Two principal physiological pathways either prevent or
promote amyloid-b generation from its precursor, b-amyloid precursor
protein (APP), in a competitive mann ... Read more.. |
Rescue of long-range circuit dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease models
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Marc Aurel Busche, Maja Kekuš, Helmuth Adelsberger, Takahiro Noda, Hans Förstl, Israel Nelken, Arthur Konnerth
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Nature Neuroscience
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with defects of synaptic connectivity. Such defects may not be restricted to local
neuronal interactions but may extend to long-range brain activities, such as slow-wave oscillations that are particularly prominent
during non–rapid eye movement (non-REM) ... Read more.. |
Deep two-photon brain imaging with a red-shifted fluorometric Ca2+ indicator
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Carsten Tischbirek*, Antje Birkner*, Hongbo Jia, Bert Sakmann, Arthur Konnerth
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PNAS
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In vivo Ca2+ imaging of neuronal populations in deep cortical
layers has remained a major challenge, as the recording depth of
two-photon microscopy is limited because of the scattering and
absorption of photons in brain tissue. A possible strategy to increase
the imaging depth is the use of red ... Read more.. |
TRPC3‐dependent synaptic transmission in central mammalian neurons
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Jana Hartmann, Arthur Konnerth
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Springer-Verlag
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The transient receptor potential (TRPC) proteins
form non-selective cation channels that are activated downstream
of Gq-phospholipase C-coupled receptors. TRPC3,
one of the seven members of the TRPC subfamily, combines
functions of an unspecific ion channel and a signal transducer.
In the mamma ... Read more.. |
Dendritic function in vivo
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Christine Grienberger, Xiaowei Chen, Arthur Konnerth
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Trends in Neurosciences
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Dendrites are the predominant entry site for excitatory
synaptic potentials in most types of central neurons.
There is increasing evidence that dendrites are not just
passive transmitting devices but play active roles in
synaptic integration through linear and non-linear mechanisms.
Frequently, ... Read more.. |
Context-dependent coding in single neurons
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Rebecca A. Mease, SangWook Lee, Anna T. Moritz, Randall K. Powers, Marc D. Binder, Adrienne L. Fairhall
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J Comput Neurosci
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The linear-nonlinear cascade model (LN model) has
proven very useful in representing a neural system?s encoding
properties, but has proven less successful in reproducing the
firing patterns of individual neurons whose behavior is strongly
dependent on prior firing history. While the cell?s behav ... Read more.. |
An assay to image neuronal microtubule dynamics in mice
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Tatjana Kleele, P. Marinkovi, P. Williams, S.Stern,E. Weigand, P. Engerer, R. Naumann, J. Hartmann, R. Karl, F. Bradke, D. Bishop, J. Herms, A. Konnerth, M. Kerschensteiner, L. Godinho, T. Misgeld
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Nature Communikation
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Microtubule dynamics in neurons play critical roles in physiology, injury and disease and
determine microtubule orientation, the cell biological correlate of neurite polarization. Several
microtubule binding proteins, including end-binding protein 3 (EB3), specifically bind to the
growing plus ti ... Read more.. |
Linear integration of spine Ca2+ signals in layer 4 cortical neurons in vivo
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Jia H, Varga Z, Sakmann B, Konnerth A
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Sensory information reaches the cortex through synchronously active thalamic axons, which provide a strong drive to layer 4 (L4) cortical neurons. Because of technical limitations, the dendritic signaling processes underlying the rapid and efficient activation of L4 neurons in vivo remained unknown. ... Read more.. |
STIM1 Controls Neuronal Ca2+ Signaling, mGluR1-dependent synaptic transmission, and cerebellar motor behavior
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Hartmann J, Karl RM, Alexander RP, Adelsberger H, Brill MS, Rühlmann C, Ansel A, Sakimura K, Baba Y, Kurosaki T, Misgeld T, Konnerth A
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Neuron
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In central mammalian neurons, activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor type1 (mGluR1) evokes a complex synaptic response consisting of IP3 receptor-dependent Ca(2+) release from internal Ca(2+) stores and a slow depolarizing potential involving TRPC3 channels. It is largely unclear how mGluR1 i ... Read more.. |
Cortical control of adaptation and sensory relay mode in the thalamus
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Mease RA, Krieger P, Groh A
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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A major synaptic input to the thalamus originates from neurons in cortical layer 6 (L6); however, the function of this cortico-thalamic pathway during sensory processing is not well understood. In the mouse whisker system, we found that optogenetic stimulation of L6 in vivo results in a mixture of h ... Read more.. |
Emergence of adaptive computation by single neurons in the developing cortex.
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Mease RA, Famulare M, Gjorgjieva J, Moody WJ, Fairhall AL.
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J Neurosci.
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Adaptation is a fundamental computational motif in neural processing. To maintain stable perception in the face of rapidly shifting input, neural systems must extract relevant information from background fluctuations under many different contexts. Many neural systems are able to adjust their Input o ... Read more.. |
Convergence of Cortical and Sensory Driver Inputs on Single Thalamocortical Cells
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Groh A*, Bokor H*, Mease RA, Plattner VM, Hangya B, Stroh A, Deschenes M, Acsády L.*Co-first authors
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Cerebral Cortex
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Ascending and descending information is relayed through the thalamus via strong, “driver” pathways. According to our current knowledge, different driver pathways are organized in parallel streams and do not interact at the thalamic level. Using an electron microscopic approach combined with opto ... Read more.. |
Making waves: initiation and propagation of corticothalamic ca(2+) waves in vivo.
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Stroh A, Adelsberger H, Groh A, Rühlmann C, Fischer S, Schierloh A, Deisseroth K, Konnerth A.
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Neuron
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Corticothalamic slow oscillations of neuronal activity determine internal brain states. At least in the cortex, the electrical activity is associated with large neuronal Ca(2+) transients. Here we implemented an optogenetic approach to explore causal features of the generation of slow oscillation-as ... Read more.. |
In vivo imaging of disease-related mitochondrial dynamics in a vertebrate model system
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Plucinska G*, Paquet, D*, Hruscha A, Godinho L, Haass C, Schmid B**, Misgeld T.** Co-first authors *, Co-senior authors**
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Journal of Neuroscience
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Mitochondria provide ATP, maintain calcium homeostasis, and regulate apoptosis. Neurons, due to their size and complex geometry, are particularly dependent on the proper functioning and distribution of mitochondria. Thus disruptions of these organelles and their transport play a central role in a br ... Read more.. |
LOTOS-based two-photon calcium imaging of dendritic spines in vivo.
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Chen X, Leischner U, Varga Z, Jia H, Deca D, Rochefort NL, Konnerth A.
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Nat Protoc.
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Neurons in the mammalian brain receive thousands of synaptic inputs on their dendrites. In many types of neurons, such as cortical pyramidal neurons, excitatory synapses are formed on fine dendritic protrusions called spines. Usually, an individual spine forms a single synaptic contact with an affer ... Read more.. |
Dendritic spines: from structure to in vivo function
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Rochefort NL, Konnerth A.
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EMBO Rep. 2012 Aug 1;13(8):699-708
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Dendritic spines arise as small protrusions from the dendritic shaft of various types of neuron and receive inputs from excitatory axons. Ever since dendritic spines were first described in the nineteenth century, questions about their function have spawned many hypotheses. In this review, we introd ... Read more.. |
Staged decline of neuronal function in vivo in an animal model of Alzheimers disease
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Grienberger C.*, Rochefort N.L.*, Adelsberger H., Henning H.A., Hill D.N., Reichwald J., Staufenbiel M. and Konnerth A. *equal contribution
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Nature Commun. 2012 Apr 10;3:774.
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The accumulation of amyloid-β in the brain is an essential feature of Alzheimers disease. However, the impact of amyloid-β-accumulation on neuronal dysfunction on the single cell level in vivo is poorly understood. Here we investigate the progression of amyloid-β load in relation to n ... Read more.. |
Imaging Calcium in Neurons
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Christine Grienberger, Arthur Konnerth
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Neuron. 2012 Mar 8;73(5):862-85.
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Calcium ions generate versatile intracellular signals that control key functions in all types of neurons. Imaging calcium in neurons is particularly important because calcium signals exert their highly specific functions in well-defined cellular subcompartments. In this Primer, we briefly review the ... Read more.. |
Sound-evoked network calcium transients in mouse auditory cortex in vivo
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Grienberger C.*, Adelsberger H.*, Stroh A., Milos R.I., Garaschuk O., Schierloh A., Nelken I. and Konnerth A. *equal contribution
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Journal of Physiology. 2012 Feb 15;590:899-918.
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Population calcium signals generated by the action potential activity of local clusters of neurons have been recorded in the auditory cortex of mice using an optical fibre-based approach. These network calcium transients (NCaTs) occurred spontaneously as well as in response to sound stimulation. Two ... Read more.. |
Development of direction selectivity in mouse cortical neurons
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Rochefort NL*, Narushima M*, Grienberger C, Marandi N, Hill DN, Konnerth A. *equal contribution
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Neuron
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Previous studies of the ferret visual cortex indicate that the development of direction selectivity requires visual experience. Here, we used two-photon calcium imaging to study the development of direction selectivity in layer 2/3 neurons of the mouse visual cortex in vivo. Surprisingly, just after ... Read more.. |
Spatial constraints dictate glial territories at murine neuromuscular junctions.
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Brill MS, Lichtman JW, Thompson W, Zuo Y*, Misgeld T*. *co-senior authors
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J Cell Biol
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Schwann cells (SCs), the glial cells of the peripheral nervous system, cover synaptic terminals, allowing them to monitor and modulate neurotransmission. Disruption of glial coverage leads to axon degeneration and synapse loss. The cellular mechanisms that establish and maintain this coverage remain ... Read more..
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Dendritic coding of multiple sensory inputs in single cortical neurons in vivo
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Zsuzsanna Varga, Hongbo Jia, Bert Sakmann, and Arthur Konnerth
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PNAS
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Single cortical neurons in the mammalian brain receive signals arising from multiple sensory input channels. Dendritic integration of these afferent signals is critical in determining the amplitude and time course of the neurons output signals. As of yet, little is known about the spatial and tempor ... Read more.. |
Functional mapping of single spines in cortical neurons in vivo.
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Chen X, Leischner U, Rochefort NL, Nelken I, Konnerth A
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Nature
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The individual functional properties and spatial arrangement of afferent synaptic inputs on dendrites have a critical role in the processing of information by neurons in the mammalian brain. Although recent work has identified visually-evoked local dendritic calcium signals in the rodent visual cort ... Read more.. |
Near-infrared branding efficiently correlates light and electron microscopy
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Bishop D, Nikic I, Brinkoetter M, Knecht S, Potz S, Kerschensteiner M*, Misgeld T*. *Co-senior authors
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Nature Methods
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The correlation of light and electron microscopy of complex tissues remains a major challenge. Here we report near-infrared branding (NIRB), which facilitates such correlation by using a pulsed, near-infrared laser to create defined fiducial marks in three dimensions in fixed tissue. As these marks ... Read more.. |
A reversible form of axon damage in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis
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Nikic I, Merkler D, Sorbara C, Brinkoetter M, Kreutzfeldt M, Bareyre FM, Brück W, Bishop D, Misgeld T*, Kerschensteiner M*. *Co-senior authors
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Nature Medicine
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In multiple sclerosis, a common inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, immune-mediated axon damage is responsible for permanent neurological deficits. How axon damage is initiated is not known. Here we use in vivo imaging to identify a previously undescribed variant of axon damage in a ... Read more..
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Tracking stem cell differentiation in the setting of automated optogenetic stimulation
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Stroh A, Tsai HC, Ping Wang L, Zhang F, Kressel J, Aravanis A, Santhanam N, Deisseroth K, Konnerth A, Schneider MB.
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Stem Cells
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Abstract
Membrane depolarization has been shown to play an important role in the neural differentiation of stem cells as well as in the survival and function of mature neurons. Here we introduce a microbial opsin into embryonic stem cells and develop optogenetic technology for stem cell engineering ... Read more.. |
Disruption of the olivo-cerebellar circuit by Purkinje neuron-specific ablation of BK channels
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Chen X, Kovalchuk Y, Adelsberger H, Henning HA, Sausbier M, Wietzorrek G, Ruth P, Yarom Y, Konnerth A.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jul 6
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Abstract
The large-conductance voltage- and calcium-activated potassium (BK) channels are ubiquitously expressed in the brain and play an important role in the regulation of neuronal excitation. Previous work has shown that the total deletion of these channels causes an impaired motor behavior, con ... Read more.. |
Sparsification of neuronal activity in the visual cortex at eye-opening.
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Rochefort NL, Garaschuk O, Milos RI, Narushima M, Marandi N, Pichler B, Kovalchuk Y, Konnerth A.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Sep 1;106(35):15049-54. Epub 2009 Aug 14.
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Eye-opening represents a turning point in the function of the visual cortex. Before eye-opening, the visual cortex is largely devoid of sensory inputs and neuronal activities are generated intrinsically. After eye-opening, the cortex starts to integrate visual information. Here we used in vivo two-p ... Read more.. |
Clusters of hyperactive neurons near amyloid plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
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Busche MA, Eichhoff G, Adelsberger H, Abramowski D, Wiederhold KH, Haass C, Staufenbiel M, Konnerth A, Garaschuk O.
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Science. 2008 Sep 19;321(5896):1686-9.
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The neurodegeneration observed in Alzheimer's disease has been associated with synaptic dismantling and progressive decrease in neuronal activity. We tested this hypothesis in vivo by using two-photon Ca2+ imaging in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Although a decrease in neuronal activity was ... Read more.. |
TRPC3 channels are required for synaptic transmission and motor coordination.
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Hartmann J, Dragicevic E, Adelsberger H, Henning HA, Sumser M, Abramowitz J, Blum R, Dietrich A, Freichel M, Flockerzi V, Birnbaumer L, Konnerth A.
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Neuron. 2008 Aug 14;59(3):392-8.
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In the mammalian central nervous system, slow synaptic excitation involves the activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs). It has been proposed that C1-type transient receptor potential (TRPC1) channels underlie this synaptic excitation, but our analysis of TRPC1-deficient mice does not ... Read more.. |
Ex vivo imaging of motor axon dynamics in murine triangularis sterni explants
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Kerschensteiner M, Reuter MS, Lichtman JW, Misgeld T.
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Nat Protoc. 2008;3(10):1645-53.
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We provide a protocol that describes an explant system that allows the dynamics of motor axons to be imaged. This method is based on nerve-muscle explants prepared from the triangularis sterni muscle of mice, a thin muscle that covers the inside of the thorax. These explants, which can be maintained ... Read more.. |
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