Synapse Development

A Cell Culture System to Investigate the Presynaptic Control of Subsynaptic Membrane Differentiation at the Neuromuscular Junction.- Co-Culture Synaptogenic Assay: A New Look at Fluorescence Reporters and Technological Devices.- Synaptogenic Assays Using Neurons Cultured on Micropatterned Substrates.- Monitoring Synapses Via Trans-Synaptic GFP Complementation.- Generation of Spinal Motor Neurons from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.- Biochemical Purification of Binding Partners of Synaptic Scaffold Proteins.- In Situ Protein Binding Assay Using Fc-Fusion Proteins.- ation Microscopy for the Investigation of Synaptic Structure and Function.- 3D dSTORM Imaging of Fixed Brain Tissue.- Photomarking Relocalization Technique for Correlated Two-Photon and Electron Microcopy Imaging of Single Stimulated Synapses.- 3D Analysis of Synaptic Ultrastructure in Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Culture by High-Pressure Freezing and ElectronTomography.- Analyzing Endosomal Docking, Fusion, Sorting, and Budding Mechanisms in Isolated Organelles.- Concurrent Imaging of Receptor Trafficking and Calcium Dynamics by Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopy.- Imaging Activity-Dependent Signaling Dynamics at the Neuronal Synapse Using FRET-Based Biosensors.- Analyzing Structural Plasticity of Dendritic Spines in Organotypic Slice Culture.- Using Fluorescent Markers to Estimate Synaptic Connectivity In Situ.- Dual Anterograde and Retrograde Viral Tracing of Reciprocal Connectivity.- Mapping Synaptic Inputs of Developing Neurons Using Calcium Imaging.- Monosynaptic Tracing in Developing Circuits Using Modified Rabies Virus.