Electrical Stimulation by an Organic Transistor Architecture Induces Calcium Signaling in Nonexcitable Brain Cells

Sensing and regulation of cell volume – we know so much and yet understand so little: TRPV4 as a sensor of volume changes but possibly without a volume-regulatory role?

(2018) Trine L. Toft-Bertelsen et al.   Channels

Physiology of Astroglia

(2018) Alexei Verkhratsky et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Hypotonicity-induced cell swelling activates TRPA1

(2017) Fumitaka Fujita et al.   Journal of Physiological Sciences

Extracellular Electrophysiological Measurements of Cooperative Signals in Astrocytes Populations

(2017) Ana L. G. Mestre et al.   Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Organic Optoelectronic Materials: Mechanisms and Applications

(2016) Oksana Ostroverkhova   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Increased Expression of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 in Cortical Lesions of Patients with Focal Cortical Dysplasia

(2016) Xin Chen et al.   CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics

Neuron-glia cross talk revealed in reverberating networks by simultaneous extracellular recording of spikes and astrocytes' glutamate transporter and K+ currents

(2016) Enzo Wanke et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Astrocytes as new targets to improve cognitive functions

(2016) Glenn Dallérac et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Calcium imaging reveals glial involvement in transcranial direct current stimulation-induced plasticity in mouse brain

(2016) Hiromu Monai et al.   Nature Communications

Extracellular electrical recording of pH-triggered bursts in C6 glioma cell populations

(2016) Paulo R. F. Rocha et al.   Science Advances

A Nanoscale Interface Promoting Molecular and Functional Differentiation of Neural Cells

(2016) Tamara Posati et al.   Scientific Reports

The speed of swelling kinetics modulates cell volume regulation and calcium signaling in astrocytes: A different point of view on the role of aquaporins

(2015) Maria Grazia Mola et al.   GLIA

A Lysinated Thiophene-Based Semiconductor as a Multifunctional Neural Bioorganic Interface

(2015) Simone Bonetti et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

A Review of Organic and Inorganic Biomaterials for Neural Interfaces

(2014) Pouria Fattahi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Novel Subtype of Astrocytes Expressing TRPV4 (Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4) Regulates Neuronal Excitability via Release of Gliotransmitters

(2014) Koji Shibasaki et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Astrocyte Ca2+ signalling: an unexpected complexity

(2014) Andrea Volterra et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

TRPA1 Channels Are Regulators of Astrocyte Basal Calcium Levels and Long-Term Potentiation via Constitutive D-Serine Release

(2013) E. Shigetomi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A transparent organic transistor structure for bidirectional stimulation and recording of primary neurons

(2013) Valentina Benfenati et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

TRPV4 channels stimulate Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release in astrocytic endfeet and amplify neurovascular coupling responses

(2013) K. M. Dunn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In vivo recordings of brain activity using organic transistors

(2013) Dion Khodagholy et al.   Nature Communications

Photostimulation of Whole-Cell Conductance in Primary Rat Neocortical Astrocytes Mediated by Organic Semiconducting Thin Films

(2013) Valentina Benfenati et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

N-type perylene-based organic semiconductors for functional neural interfacing

(2013) Stefano Toffanin et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Biofunctional Silk/Neuron Interfaces

(2012) Valentina Benfenati et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Astrocyte Calcium Signal and Gliotransmission in Human Brain Tissue

(2012) M. Navarrete et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Astrocyte calcium signaling and epilepsy

(2012) Giorgio Carmignoto et al.   GLIA

Intercellular Ca2+ Waves: Mechanisms and Function

(2012) Luc Leybaert et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The Increased Activity of TRPV4 Channel in the Astrocytes of the Adult Rat Hippocampus after Cerebral Hypoxia/Ischemia

(2012) Olena Butenko et al.   PLoS One

Human aquaporin 4 gating dynamics in dc and ac electric fields: A molecular dynamics study

(2011) J.-A. Garate et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

TRPA1 channels regulate astrocyte resting calcium and inhibitory synapse efficacy through GAT-3

(2011) Eiji Shigetomi et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

An aquaporin-4/transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (AQP4/TRPV4) complex is essential for cell-volume control in astrocytes

(2011) V. Benfenati et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A hybrid bioorganic interface for neuronal photoactivation

(2011) Diego Ghezzi et al.   Nature Communications

Manipulation of cell volume and membrane pore comparison following single cell permeabilization with 60- and 600-ns electric pulses

(2010) Olena M. Nesin et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

A silk platform that enables electrophysiology and targeted drug delivery in brain astroglial cells

(2010) Valentina Benfenati et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Carbenoxolone inhibits volume-regulated anion conductance in cultured rat cortical astroglia

(2010) Valentina Benfenati et al.   Channels

Is astrocyte calcium signaling relevant for synaptic plasticity?

(2010) Sarrah Ben Achour et al.   Neuron Glia Biology

Identification and characterization of novel TRPV4 modulators

(2009) Fabien Vincent et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Pannexin 1: The Molecular Substrate of Astrocyte "Hemichannels"

(2009) R. Iglesias et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Water transport between CNS compartments: functional and molecular interactions between aquaporins and ion channels

(2009) V. Benfenati et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Tripartite synapses: astrocytes process and control synaptic information

(2009) Gertrudis Perea et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Astroglia in dementia and Alzheimer's disease

(2008) J J Rodríguez et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION