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Primary Cell Culture of Purified GABAergic or Glutamatergic Neurons Established through Fluorescence-activated Cell Sorting
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2019
This protocol describes a cell sorting based method for the purification and culture of fluorescent GABAergic or glutamatergic neurons from the neocortex and hippocampus of postnatal mice or rats.
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Antiepileptic Drugs: GABAergic Pathway Potentiators
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2024
γ-aminobutyric acid or GABA, plays a pivotal role as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. GABA pathway potentiators, also known as GABAergic drugs, are a class of pharmaceutical agents designed to enhance the functioning of the GABAergic system. These medications primarily treat epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures. The key GABA pathway potentiators used in epilepsy management are as follows. Benzodiazepines are a well-known class of drugs used for their...
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Migration, Chemo-Attraction, and Co-Culture Assays for Human Stem Cell-Derived Endothelial Cells and GABAergic Neurons
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2020
We present three simple in vitro assays-the long-distance migration assay, the co-culture migration assay, and chemo-attraction assay-that collectively evaluate the functions of human stem cell derived periventricular endothelial cells and their interaction with GABAergic interneurons.
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Transplantation of Human Stem Cell-Derived GABAergic Neurons into the Early Postnatal Mouse Hippocampus to Mitigate Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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2022
Transplantation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived GABAergic neurons generated by neuronal programming could be a potential treatment approach for neurodevelopmental disorders. This protocol describes the generation and transplantation of human stem cell-derived GABAergic neuronal precursors into the brains of neonatal mice, allowing long-term investigation of grafted neurons and evaluation of their therapeutic potential.
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Primary Culture of Mouse Dopaminergic Neurons
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2014
Dopaminergic neurons play a vital regulatory role in the brain. Their loss is associated with Parkinson's disease. In this video, we show how to generate primary cultures of central dopaminergic neurons from embryonic mouse mesencephalon. Such cultures are useful to study the extreme vulnerability of these neurons to various stresses.
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GABA_A receptor activation typically increases chloride conductance across the postsynaptic membrane. This change reduces the likelihood that incoming excitatory signals will drive the neuron to fire, thereby limiting excessive activity. The resulting inhibition helps regulate local circuit responsiveness and contributes to stable information processing in the mature central nervous system.
GABA_B receptors regulate neuronal activity through slower, G protein-mediated effects on potassium and calcium channels, rather than primarily through the rapid chloride conductance associated with GABA_A receptors. This difference gives GABAergic signaling both faster inhibitory control and more prolonged modulation, allowing circuits to adjust firing over distinct time scales.
GABAergic activity does more than silence individual neurons. By controlling firing rates and the timing relationship among cells, it can shape synchrony across a circuit while maintaining balance between excitation and inhibition. These network-level effects influence how neural populations process signals and prevent activity patterns from becoming excessively amplified.
The two receptor classes provide complementary forms of control. GABA_A receptors can quickly alter chloride conductance and suppress postsynaptic excitation, whereas GABA_B receptors produce slower effects through potassium and calcium channels. Together, these mechanisms allow GABAergic neurons to influence immediate responses as well as longer-lasting changes in neuronal activity.
GABAergic neurons contribute to sensory processing, motor control, learning, sleep, and emotion by regulating activity within neural circuits. Their inhibitory influence helps determine when neuronal populations respond, how strongly they fire, and how activity is coordinated. Consequently, changes in GABAergic connectivity or signaling can affect several distinct behavioral and physiological functions.
Their development, connectivity, and inhibitory actions are central to studies of epilepsy, anxiety, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Researchers also examine these cells when investigating strategies for modulating neural circuits, because altered GABAergic regulation can disturb firing patterns and circuit balance. This makes them relevant both to disease mechanisms and to approaches for controlling network activity.