Voltage-dependent
sodium channel- mediated changes in intracellular
sodium concentration in axons, soma and dendrites of
neocortical neurons
Technique:
imaging with Na+ sensitive dye while
whole-cell recording in brain slices
Collaboration with Bill Ross and Nehama Lasser-Ross, New York Medical
College
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Biophysical characteristics of voltage-gated
Na*
channels in axonal, somatic and dendritic membranes of neocortical
neurons, and their implications for synaptic integration and spike
train initiation
Techniques: Cell-attached channel
recordings in brain slices, and computational modeling
Collaboration with Fred Wolf, MPI for Dynamics and Self Organization,
Goettingen and Maxim Volgoshev, Ruhr University.
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Synaptic development of Layer 4 of the rodent barrel
cortex
Technique: Whole-cell voltage clamp
recording in horizontal brain slices
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Biophysical properties and functional importance of
non-specific cationic currents in neocortical neurons
Techniques:
Whole-cell and cell attached recording in brain slices;
imaging with Ca2+-sensitive dyes
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Endogenous polyamines and modulation of Na+ channel
availability in neocortical neurons
Techniques: Whole-cell and cell attached
recording in brain slices and isolated neurons
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Electrotonic coupling and rhythmogenesis in the
pituitary of the fish
Techniques:
Whole-cell
recording and imaging
with Ca2+-sensitive dyes in slices and slice-cultures of the pituitary
of Tilapia.
Collaboration with Berta Levavi-Sivan, Dept of Animal Science, The
Hebrew University
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