Neuroscience

Spontaneous activity of striatal projection neurons supports maturation of striatal inputs to substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons

1. Bojana Kokinovic
2. Patricia Seja
3. Angelica Donati
4. Maria Ryazantseva
5. Alban de Kerchove d’Exaerde
6. Serge N. Schiffmann
7. Tomi Taira
8. Svetlana M. Molchanova

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  This valuable study describes early postnatal compartmental differences in the functional maturation of striatal projection neurons. It explores how the postnatal activity of these neurons may determine the GABAergic innervation of dopaminergic neurons in the adult substantia nigra pars compacta. While the functional characterization of striatal neuron development is solid, analysis of how early postnatal activity of striatal projection neurons shapes their functional innervation of dopaminergic neurons is incomplete.

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Microglia contact cerebral vasculature through gaps between astrocyte endfeet

1. Gary P Morris
2. Catherine G Foster
3. Brad A Sutherland
4. Søren Grubb

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Unveiling the cell biology of hippocampal neurons with dendritic axon origin

1. Yuhao Han
2. Daniela Hacker
3. Bronte Catharina Donders
4. Christopher Parperis
5. Roland Thuenauer
6. Christophe Leterrier
7. Kay Grünewald
8. Marina Mikhaylova

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