4-(2-(6-(Dibutylamino)-2-naphthalenyl)ethenyl)-1-(3-sulfopropyl)pyridinium hydroxide inner salt has been used as a voltage sensitive dye in cardiac cells.[1]
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Membrane potential dye that responds to changes in membrane potential monitored by fluorescence excitation changes at 440 and 505 nm; correlated to changes in membrane potential of the cell.
Numerous dyes are available or under development for probing the structural and functional properties of biological membranes. Exogenous chromophores adopt a range of orientations when bound to membranes, which have a drastic effect on their biophysical behavior. Here, we present
In ventricular myocytes, the majority of structures that couple excitation to the systolic rise of Ca(2+) are located at the transverse tubular (t-tubule) membrane. In the failing ventricle, disorganization of t-tubules disrupts excitation contraction coupling. The t-tubule membrane is virtually
Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 12, 389-389 (2018-11-09)
Activity-dependent changes in the input-output (I-O) relationship of a neural circuit are central in the learning and memory function of the brain. To understand circuit-wide adjustments, optical imaging techniques to probe the membrane potential at every component of neurons, such
Frontiers in neural circuits, 14, 24-24 (2020-06-26)
cAMP is a positive regulator tightly involved in certain types of synaptic plasticity and related memory functions. However, its spatiotemporal roles at the synaptic and neural circuit levels remain elusive. Using a combination of a cAMP optogenetics approach and voltage-sensitive
Since current experimental models of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) have significant limitations, we used human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) to generate an atrial-specific tissue model of AF for pharmacologic testing. We generated atrial-like cardiomyocytes (CMs) from hESCs which preferentially expressed atrial-specific
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