大鼠在体海马CA1区场电位引导新技术——刺激/记录/给药一体化装置的开发和应用

大鼠海马场电位记录是研究学习记忆的一个重要手段,尤以在体记录更具生理学意义.为克服目前在体海马场电位记录的弊端和诸多不便,提高实验效率,设计并完善了一套简便易行,融刺激、记录、给药于一体的大鼠海马在体CA1区场电位实验技术.将雄性SD大鼠麻醉后固定于脑立体定位仪上,利用自制的刺激/记录/给药联合装置,引导海马CA1区场兴奋性突触后电位(fEPSP).结果表明,使用刺激/记录/给药联合装置能长时间稳定记录由测试刺激诱发的海马CA1区fEPSP.高频刺激条件下,能成功诱导早期时相长时程增强(E-LTP)和晚期时相型长时程增强(L-LTP).海马内注射AMPA受体阻断剂CNQX(100μmol/L,1μl)可迅速抑制fEPSP,注射NMDA受体拮抗剂AP-5(100μmol/L,1μl)可明显压抑LTP,药物发挥作用的时间较侧脑室给药明显缩短,剂量减少.采用此联合装置还成功实现了PPF的稳定记录.总之,采用刺激/记录/给药一体化技术进行在体海马CA1区场电位记录的特点是简单、可靠、高效,可以为开展脑认知功能活动的电生理学研究奠定良好的基础.     

高脂饲养青春期大鼠电击回避反应和海马CA3区场电位的改变

目的：观察高脂饲养至青春期的大鼠对电击回避反应和海马CA3区实时局部场电位变化。方法：断乳1周幼鼠改用基础饲料和高脂饲料分别喂养4周至青春期,分为基础饲料组（BF组）和高脂饲料组（HFD组）,Y型迷宫电击回避训练方法,记录2组大鼠电击回避达学会标准的相关参数,同时无线遥测大鼠达标时海马CA3区实时局部场电位。结果：与BF组大鼠比较,HFD组大鼠体重明显增加,Y型迷宫电击回避训练1~2 d大鼠达标百分率、电击回避达标各项指标均略优于BF组;双侧海马CA3区局部场电位节律出现去同步化快波改变,右侧海马CA3区出现了θ波和γ 1波百分比的同步性增加,但无θ~γ 1波相位-振幅耦合出现。结论：幼年期短期高脂饮食至青春期的大鼠,尽管体重较基础饲料大鼠增加,但未见Y型迷宫电击回避反应能力和海马依赖性空间认知功能的减退。     

海马脑片癫痫样放电时空特性的多电极记录研究

为了探索离体条件下癫痫样放电的时空特性,本研究采用多电极记录系统记录高钾人工脑脊液(artificial cerebrospinal fluid,ACSF)诱导的幼年大鼠海马脑片的自发放电活动。在成功诱导出癫痫样的簇样放电后,加入苯巴比妥钠以观察其对脑片各区域放电的压抑作用。结果显示:(1)高钾ACSF持续灌流脑片15min左右,多电极阵列上可记录到海马CA3(a~c)和CA1区反复出现同步节律的癫痫样簇样放电,与脑电信号中的发作间期痫性放电相似;定量分析结果提示,CA区各个亚区锥体细胞的活动特性无明显差异(P0.05),而齿状回(dentate gyrus,DG)颗粒细胞层没有出现簇样放电,仅有少量动作电位发放,发放频率远低于CA区(P0.05);(2)在持续高钾灌流下,稳定的簇样放电一旦建立即可至少持续40min;(3)簇样放电发放稳定后给予60μmol/L苯巴比妥钠,发现同步化放电的区域逐渐缩小,CA1和CA3c区的放电活动首先被压抑,而CA3a和b区的部分锥体细胞在加药10min后仍有较强的簇样放电。以上结果提示,多电极阵列能够有效地用于研究离体条件下癫痫样放电的时空特性,并可探索抗癫痫药对脑片不同区域癫痫样活动的作用。     

双电极绑定技术记录在体大鼠海马CA1区长时程增强

目的:探讨双电极绑定条件下记录大鼠在体海马CA1区长时程增强的可行性。方法:雄性Wistar大鼠乌拉坦麻醉;脑立体定位仪上埋置脑室导管;安装自制的刺激/记录绑定电极;引导基础性场兴奋性突触后电位(fEP-SP);强直刺激诱导长时程增强(LTP)。结果:绑定后的刺激和记录电极能可靠地引起海马CA1区fEPSP,fEPSP的出现率几乎100%;基础性fEPSP记录可保持长时间稳定;高频刺激成功诱导出LTP并维持达3h以上,诱导率约67%;双脉冲易化记录稳定、可靠;脑室注射β淀粉样蛋白(Aβ)对LTP显示出明显的压抑作用。结论:采用双电极绑定技术进行在体海马LTP记录简便易行、节省资源、引导fEPSP和诱导LTP的成功率较高,有望成为一项重要的研究学习和记忆机制的电生理辅助手段。     

应用多电极记录技术研究海马切片癫痫样放电的起始点和传播方向

弄清癫痫样放电的起始位置和传播方向对研究癫痫机制及其临床治疗有重要意义．为了解决这一问题,应用微电极阵列对低镁人工脑脊液诱导的Sprague-Dawley (SD)大鼠海马切片的癫痫样放电进行记录．分别用癫痫样放电的两种成分：场电位和多单元信号来确定癫痫样放电的起始位置和传播方向．首先计算并比较了海马切片锥体细胞层位置电极记录的癫痫样放电场电位的起始时间,由起始时间的先后关系确定癫痫样放电在锥体细胞层的起始位置和传播方向．然后用整个切片上记录的癫痫样放电的多单元信号动作电位序列进行互相关分析,进一步确定了癫痫样放电在整个海马切片内的起始位置和传播方向．结果显示,CA3区的癫痫样放电具有比CA1区更高的幅度和更长的持续时间,表明CA3区有更高的兴奋性．对于记录到的同步癫痫样放电,CA3b区场电位和多单元信号均比CA3c和CA1区出现更早,起始位置和其随后位置之间的传播延　时与二者之间的距离成正相关．因此,在低镁模型的大鼠海马切片中,癫痫样放电起始于CA3b区并分别向CA3c和CA1区传播．     

乌拉坦对大鼠海马CA1神经元电压门控钠通道和动作电位的作用

乌拉坦对兴奋性和抑制性配体门控通道具有广泛的可检测的作用.作者运用全细胞膜片钳技术研究乌拉坦对wistar大鼠海马CA1神经元电压门控钠通道和动作电位的作用.结果发现乌拉坦可逆并剂量依赖性地抑制钠电流和动作电位,其中,在10mmol/L浓度时可减小钠电流强度达38%,使激活曲线向去极化方向移动,并延长钠通道失活后的恢复时间,降低动作电位的幅值.这些结果表明乌拉坦对电压门控钠通道的抑制作用可能是乌拉坦全身麻醉作用的机制之一.     

TUNEL 法检测抑郁模型大鼠海马细胞凋亡的改进及应用

目的:探讨TUNEL法检测抑郁模型大鼠海马神经元细胞凋亡的改良方法。方法:20只SD大鼠随机分为空白对照组、模型组。复制孤养加慢性轻度不可预见性的应激抑郁模型(21天)。分别采用TUNEL试剂盒标准法和改良法观察大鼠海马区凋亡细胞的变化。结果:改良法与试剂盒标准法比较,非特异性染色明显减轻,背景清晰,差异明显。结论:改良的TUNEL法检测海马神经元细胞凋亡结果更真实可靠。     

高效液相色谱-电化学(库仑电极)阵列检测海水处理对菊芋幼苗体内氯原酸及小分子物质的影响

以不同浓度海水处理菊芋幼苗体,利用高效液相色谱-电化学(库仑电极)阵列检测技术检测不同处理时间植物体内氯原酸及小分子物质的差异.结果表明:0%海水处理下氯原酸含量变化不显著,而15%和30%海水处理下氯原酸含量变化显著,15%海水处理下在1 h时较2 h和3 h时高,而30%海水处理下在3 h时较1 h和2 h时高.处理后菊芋幼苗体植株产生的其他一些未知的小分子物质尚有待定性和进一步考察其变化规律.     

Multi-electrode Array Recordings of Neuronal Avalanches in Organotypic Cultures

The cortex is spontaneously active, even in the absence of any particular input or motor output. During development, this activity is important for the migration and differentiation of cortex cell types and the formation of neuronal connections¹. In the mature animal, ongoing activity reflects the past and the present state of an animal into which sensory stimuli are seamlessly integrated to compute future actions. Thus, a clear understanding of the organization of ongoing i.e. spontaneous activity is a prerequisite to understand cortex function. Numerous recording techniques revealed that ongoing activity in cortex is comprised of many neurons whose individual activities transiently sum to larger events that can be detected in the local field potential (LFP) with extracellular microelectrodes, or in the electroencephalogram (EEG), the magnetoencephalogram (MEG), and the BOLD signal from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The LFP is currently the method of choice when studying neuronal population activity with high temporal and spatial resolution at the mesoscopic scale (several thousands of neurons). At the extracellular microelectrode, locally synchronized activities of spatially neighbored neurons result in rapid deflections in the LFP up to several hundreds of microvolts. When using an array of microelectrodes, the organizations of such deflections can be conveniently monitored in space and time. Neuronal avalanches describe the scale-invariant spatiotemporal organization of ongoing neuronal activity in the brain^2,3. They are specific to the superficial layers of cortex as established in vitro^4,5, in vivo in the anesthetized rat ⁶, and in the awake monkey⁷. Importantly, both theoretical and empirical studies^2,8-10 suggest that neuronal avalanches indicate an exquisitely balanced critical state dynamics of cortex that optimizes information transfer and information processing.In order to study the mechanisms of neuronal avalanche development, maintenance, and regulation, in vitro preparations are highly beneficial, as they allow for stable recordings of avalanche activity under precisely controlled conditions. The current protocol describes how to study neuronal avalanches in vitro by taking advantage of superficial layer development in organotypic cortex cultures, i.e. slice cultures, grown on planar, integrated microelectrode arrays (MEA; see also ^11-14).     

Brain State Dependence of Hippocampal Subthreshold Activity in Awake Mice

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多通道局部场电位时变频谱的同步模式及其对行为事件的编码

用时变相干（time-varying coherence）频谱方法分析多通道局部场电位（local field potentials, LFPs）随时间变化的同步模式及其对行为事件的编码。实验数据为行为事件前后3秒的28通道LFPs。分别计算每个通道LFP的功率谱密度（power spectral density, PSD）及多通道LFPs各个特征频段的PSD,选取PSD分布集中的?兹频段为LFPs的特征频段;应用离散二进小波变换获取LFPs的?兹频段分量;从28通道LFPs中选取PSD最大的通道作为参考通道。选取计算窗口为50 ms,从初始点开始计算每个窗口中每个通道LFP及其?兹分量对参考通道的频谱相干分析。移动窗口步长为25 ms,获取多通道LFPs及其?兹分量的时变频谱相干动态分布。研究结果显示,?兹频段分量的PSD占LFPs总功率的71.95%,表明?兹分量是实验中多通道LFPs同步的特征频段;多通道LFPs的?兹分量频谱相干值随时间变化,行为事件点前后1 s的相干值具有显著差别（P＜0.05）,表明多通道LFPs的?兹频段时变频谱相干有效地编码了这一行为事件。     

Human acute microelectrode array recordings with broad cortical access,single-unit resolution,and parallel behavioral monitoring

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Dual Electrophysiological Recordings of Synaptically-evoked Astroglial and Neuronal Responses in Acute Hippocampal Slices

Astrocytes form together with neurons tripartite synapses, where they integrate and modulate neuronal activity. Indeed, astrocytes sense neuronal inputs through activation of their ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors, and process information in part through activity-dependent release of gliotransmitters. Furthermore, astrocytes constitute the main uptake system for glutamate, contribute to potassium spatial buffering, as well as to GABA clearance. These cells therefore constantly monitor synaptic activity, and are thereby sensitive indicators for alterations in synaptically-released glutamate, GABA and extracellular potassium levels. Additionally, alterations in astroglial uptake activity or buffering capacity can have severe effects on neuronal functions, and might be overlooked when characterizing physiopathological situations or knockout mice. Dual recording of neuronal and astroglial activities is therefore an important method to study alterations in synaptic strength associated to concomitant changes in astroglial uptake and buffering capacities. Here we describe how to prepare hippocampal slices, how to identify stratum radiatum astrocytes, and how to record simultaneously neuronal and astroglial electrophysiological responses. Furthermore, we describe how to isolate pharmacologically the synaptically-evoked astroglial currents.     

豚鼠冠状动脉微动脉细胞静息膜电位的分布特性及机制

目的:观察冠状动脉微动脉细胞静息膜电位(RP)的分布特性及形成机制.方法:离体豚鼠冠状动脉微动脉(直径小于100 μm)上,应用细胞内微电极技术记录细胞RP.结果:①成功记录到112个细胞,细胞平均RP为(-65±4.2)mV,应用高斯函数拟合后细胞RP呈双峰状分布,两个峰值分别为-43和-74 mV,分别称为高和低R...     

Effect of Direct-Current Electric Field on Enzymatic Activity and the Concentration of Laccase

This work investigates the effect of direct-current electric field on the extracellular enzymatic activity, concentration and other experimental parameters of laccase from Trametes versicolor. The results showed that laccase could significantly contribute to the change of pH at the end of graphite electrode. In addition, it increased the electrical conductivity of the water. In the experiment, the optimum pH and catalytic pH range for laccase activity were 3.0 and pH 2.5–4.0. The application of 6 V direct current showed significant effects on the laccase enzyme activity. The activity of laccase was enhanced in the anodic region, but at the same time was strongly inhibited at the cathode. The electric charge characteristics of laccase were changed when exposed to electric field, and some laccases molecules moved to the anode, which produced a slight migration phenomenon. This study is the basis of combination of laccase and electrical technology, at the same time, providing a new direction of enhancing laccase activity. Compared to immobilization, using electric field is simple, no chemical additives, and great potential.