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ArticleScientific reports2018

Dependence and Homeostasis of Membrane Impedance on Cell Morphology in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons.

Ryosuke Matsumura, Hideaki Yamamoto, Takeshi Hayakawa, Shutaro Katsurabayashi, Michio Niwano, Ayumi Hirano-Iwata

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ryosuke MatsumuraResearch Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
Hideaki YamamotoFrontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan. hideaki.yamamoto.e3@tohoku.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0003-3362-5376
Takeshi HayakawaResearch Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
Shutaro KatsurabayashiFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8595-5820
Michio NiwanoResearch Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
Ayumi Hirano-IwataResearch Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
Tohoku University · JPFukuoka University · JPTohoku Fukushi University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The electrical impedance of cell membranes is important for excitable cells, such as neurons, because it strongly influences the amount of membrane potential change upon a flow of ionic current across the membrane. Here, we report on an investigation of how neuronal morphology affects membrane impedance of cultured hippocampal neurons. Microfabricated substrates with patterned scaffolding molecules were used to restrict the neurite growth of hippocampal neurons, and the impedance was measured via whole-cell patch-clamp recording under the inhibition of voltage-dependent ion channels. Membrane impedance was found to depend inversely on the dendrite length and soma area, as would be expected from the fact that its electrical property is equivalent to a parallel RC circuit. Moreover, we found that in biological neurons, the membrane impedance is homeostatically regulated to impede changes in the membrane area. The findings provide direct evidence on cell-autonomous regulation of neuronal impedance and pave the way towards elucidating the mechanism responsible for the resilience of biological neuronal networks.

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AnimalsCell MembraneCells, CulturedComputer SimulationDendritesElectric ImpedanceFemaleHippocampusNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesRats, Sprague-Dawley

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PMID29967389
PMCPMC6028398
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