Pavel M. Balaban

TL;DR: A new protocol based on rapid biolistic delivery of VSDs is reported, which is optimal for further recordings of optical signals from live neurons of rat brain slices and can be used for rapid local delivery of any lipophilic and water-insoluble substances into live cells, further optical recording of neural activity, and analysis of potential propagation in a nerve cell.

TL;DR: The cause of sensitization of the command neurons is long-lasting depolarization in response to tactile stimulation, arising after the spike discharge of the cell and facilitating responses to subsequent stimulation.

TL;DR: The sequence of mRNA encoding PKMζ homolog in land snail Helix lucorum is established, and it is discovered that this mRNA has at least two isoforms, and one of them lacks sequence encoding C1 domain.

TL;DR: High stability of the morpholino oligos in the cell represents a highly efficient tool for a specific long-term blockade of gene expression in molluscan neurons, suggesting significant selective blockade of production of the HCS2-encoded peptide.

TL;DR: The duration of action potentials in sensory neurons was found to increase under the effects of serotonin (and this could underly the rise in EPSP amplitude), although that of interneuron and motoneuron spikes did not change.