Anatomical characterization of vagal nodose afferent innervation and ending morphologies at the murine heart using a transgenic approach.

Heart is an extensively innervated organ and its function is strictly coordinated by autonomic neural circuits. After pathological events such as myocardial infarction (MI), cardiac nerves undergo a structural and functional remodeling contributing to cardiac dysfunction. Although the efferent component of the cardiac nerves has been well described, sensory innervation of the heart has not been defined in detail.

Event-related EEG oscillatory responses elicited by dynamic facial expression.

Background: Recognition of facial expressions (FEs) plays a crucial role in social interactions. Most studies on FE recognition use static (image) stimuli, even though real-life FEs are dynamic. FE processing is complex and multifaceted, and its neural correlates remain unclear.

Defining optimal enzyme and matrix combination for replating of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes at different levels of maturity.

Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CM) create an unlimited cell source for basic and translational research. Depending on the maturity of cardiac cultures and the intended applications, obtaining hiPSC-CMs as a single-cell, monolayer or three-dimensional clusters can be challenging. Here, we defined strategies to replate hiPSC-CMs on early days (D15-30) or later more mature (D60-150) differentiation cultures.