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Visualization of Neural and Vascular Networks in a Chicken Embryo
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Source: Delalande, J., et.al. Dual Labeling of Neural Crest Cells and Blood Vessels Within Chicken Embryos Using ChickGFP Neural Tube Grafting and Carbocyanine Dye DiI Injection. J. Vis. Exp. (2015)This video demonstrates the transplantation of a GFP-labeled donor neural tube from a stage-matched transgenic chicken embryo into a recipient embryo at the level of somites one to seven, followed by vascular labeling using a lipophilic fluorescent dye. The combined approach allows for direct...
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Source: Struzyna, L. A. et. al., Anatomically Inspired Three-dimensional Micro-tissue Engineered Neural Networks for Nervous System Reconstruction, Modulation, and Modeling. J. Vis. Exp. (2017)This video demonstrates the development of micro-tissue-engineered neural networks using a hydrogel micro-column with an extracellular matrix core. Seeded neuronal aggregates adhere, extend projections, and form structured neural networks, contributing to advancements in neurodevelopment and...
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Assessing the Effects of Toxins on Chick Embryo Neural Network Development Using Multielectrode Arrays
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This video demonstrates the use of multi-electrode arrays (MEA) to study the effects of toxins on early embryonic chick neuronal cultures. By monitoring the synchronous activity of the neurons in the neuronal network, the MEA captures the functional dynamics of the neuronal network in response to toxin exposure. Reduced synchrony and firing rates upon toxin exposure highlight its detrimental impact on neuronal network maturation and function.
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Integration of Animal Behavioral Assessment and Convolutional Neural Network to Study Wasabi-Alcohol Taste-Smell Interaction
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This article describes a set of methods for measuring the suppressive ability of sniffing alcoholic beverages on the wasabi-elicited stinging sensation.
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Developing Neuroimaging Phenotypes of the Default Mode Network in PTSD: Integrating the Resting State, Working Memory, and Structural Connectivity
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This protocol describes the complementary neuroimaging techniques of resting state structural connectivity, task-induced deactivation, and structural connectivity analyses to examine the default network in post-traumatic stress disorder. The use of synergistic methods could potentially lead to improved diagnostics and assessments of severity, outcome, and other relevant clinical factors.
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Spatial summation combines postsynaptic potentials arriving at different locations, whereas temporal summation reflects inputs arriving at different times. Excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials therefore interact across dendrites and the cell body rather than acting independently. Their combined effect determines whether depolarization reaches threshold at the axon initial segment, linking distributed input to action-potential generation.
Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials can counteract excitatory influences before the membrane reaches threshold. Their effect helps determine whether a neuron remains electrically quiet or produces an action potential at the axon initial segment. This balance prevents individual excitatory inputs from acting in isolation and allows neural circuits to coordinate activity across competing or complementary signals.
At the individual-neuron level, integration depends on how postsynaptic potentials combine across dendrites and the cell body. At the circuit level, interactions among interconnected neurons produce coordinated activity that supports sensory processing, motor control, learning, and neural coding. The two scales are linked because each neuron's output becomes input that shapes activity elsewhere in the network.
Analysis can follow incoming signals from their effects on dendrites and the cell body, through the interaction of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials, to membrane depolarization at the axon initial segment. Researchers can then consider whether threshold is reached and how resulting action potentials contribute to coordinated activity in larger circuits, connecting cellular events with functional outcomes.
The process provides a biological framework for representing how interconnected neurons combine signals and generate coordinated activity. Computational models can use this organization to examine information processing and neural coding, while brain-machine interface research can draw on the relationship between neural activity and functional outputs. These applications connect cellular mechanisms with engineered approaches to nervous-system function.
Connectivity determines how activity is distributed across neural circuits, so disruption can alter the coordination needed for normal information processing. Studying these changes helps researchers relate circuit-level interactions to neurological disorders. This perspective complements analysis of individual neurons by examining how altered connections may affect sensory processing, motor control, learning, or neural coding.