Organotypic slice cultures: a technique has come of age

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Postsynaptic synaptotagmins mediate AMPA receptor exocytosis during LTP

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Ballistic labeling and dynamic imaging of astrocytes in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures.

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Progesterone increases oligodendroglial cell proliferation in rat cerebellar slice cultures

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Neurogranin enhances synaptic strength through its interaction with calmodulin

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Perisynaptic Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans Restrict Structural Plasticity in an Integrin-Dependent Manner

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Templated misfolding of Tau by prion-like seeding along neuronal connections impairs neuronal network function and associated behavioral outcomes in Tau transgenic mice

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Cell death and proliferation in acute slices and organotypic cultures of mammalian CNS

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Functional Compartmentalization of Endosomal Trafficking for the Synaptic Delivery of AMPA Receptors during Long-Term Potentiation

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Nanoscopy of living brain slices with low light levels

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Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA): a modulator of microglia activity and dendritic spine morphology

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An organotypic brain slice preparation from adult patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

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Spike-Time Precision and Network Synchrony Are Controlled by the Homeostatic Regulation of the D-Type Potassium Current

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The retromer supports AMPA receptor trafficking during LTP

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Transgenesis and the study of expression, cellular targeting and function of oxytocin, vasopressin and their receptors

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Approaches and Limitations in the Investigation of Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity

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Paired-recordings from synaptically coupled cortical and hippocampal neurons in acute and cultured brain slices

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Long-term maintenance of mature hippocampal slices in vitro

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Differential Activity-Dependent, Homeostatic Plasticity of Two Neocortical Inhibitory Circuits

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Development of Signals Influencing the Growth and Termination of Thalamocortical Axons in Organotypic Culture

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Ultrastructural Imaging of Activity-Dependent Synaptic Membrane-Trafficking Events in Cultured Brain Slices

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Epileptiform activity interferes with proteolytic processing of Reelin required for dentate granule cell positioning

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Synaptic modifications at the CA3–CA1 synapse after chronic AMPA receptor blockade in rat hippocampal slices

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Enhanced Recruitment of Endosomal Na + /H + Exchanger NHE6 into Dendritic Spines of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons during NMDA Receptor-Dependent Long-Term Potentiation

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AMPA-receptor activation regulates the diffusion of a membrane marker in parallel with dendritic spine motility in the mouse hippocampus

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The neuronal Arf GAP centaurin α1 modulates dendritic differentiation

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Perineuronal Nets Characterized by Vital Labelling, Confocal and Electron Microscopy in Organotypic Slice Cultures of Rat Parietal Cortex and Hippocampus

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In vitro formation of corticospinal synapses in an organotypic slice co-culture

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Immune Modulation by Estrogens: Role in CNS HIV-1 Infection

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Capture of activity-induced ultrastructural changes at synapses by high-pressure freezing of brain tissue

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Advances in Cerebral Organoid Systems and their Application in Disease Modeling

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Agitation Modules: Flexible Means to Accelerate Automated Freeze Substitution

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Brain Activation of Monocyte-Lineage Cells: Involvement of Interleukin-6

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Impaired hippocampal plasticity associated with loss of recycling endosomal SLC9A6/NHE6 is ameliorated by the TrkB agonist 7,8-dihydroxyflavone

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Toxic Concentrations of Glutamate Induce Ferroptosis without Affecting Mitochondrial Respiration in Rodent Brain Slice Cultures

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