Mariana C. Potcoava

BLIMPS: a technique for tandem biosensor imaging across multiple populations of presynaptic terminals, using lattice light sheet microscopy.

BLIMPS enables high-speed, high-resolution imaging of presynaptic Ca2+ dynamics in both excitatory and inhibitory neurons using lattice light sheet microscopy and genetically encoded calcium indicators.

Single calcium channel nanodomains drive presynaptic calcium entry at individual lamprey reticulospinal presynaptic terminals

The paper analyzes Ca2+ channel activity at lamprey reticulospinal synapses, showing a small number of channels trigger neurotransmitter release.

Synaptic integration of subquantal neurotransmission by co-localized G protein coupled receptors in presynaptic terminals

This paper investigates how two co-localized G protein-coupled receptors, GABAB and 5-HT1B, differentially modulate synaptic transmission in presynaptic terminals through distinct mechanisms.