Book, Methods, Reviews

Research Articles

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Book

• Stuart G, Spruston N, Häusser M, eds. Dendrites, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2008. http://www.dendrites.org/book.html

Methods

• Davie JT, Kole MH, Letzkus JJ, Rancz EA, Spruston N, Stuart GJ, Häusser M. Dendritic patch-clamp recording. Nat Protoc. 1:1235-1247, 2006.
• Stuart G, Spruston N. Probing dendritic function with patch pipettes. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 5:389–394, 1995.

Selected Review articles

• Spruston N, Johnston D. Out of control in the dendrites. Nature Neuroscience, 11:733-734, 2008.
• Spruston N. Neuroscience: strength in numbers. Nature, 452:420-421, 2008.
• Spruston N. Pyramidal neurons: dendritic structure and synaptic integration. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 9:206-221, 2008.
• Spruston N. Somato-dendritic Integration:Dendritic Integration” (in-press), The New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, edited by Larry Squire et al, Elsevier, 2008.
• Spruston N, Häusser M, Stuart G. Dendritic integration. In: Dendrites, 2nd edition, Stuart G, Spruston N, Häusser M, eds. Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, pp. 351-399, 2008.
• Spruston N, McBain C. Chapter 5: Structural and functional properties of hippocampal neurons. In: The Hippocampus Book, Andersen P, Morris R, Amaral D, Bliss T, O’Keefe J, eds. Oxford University Press, pp. 133-201, 2007.
• Lisman J, Spruston N. Postsynaptic depolarization requirements for LTP and LTD: a critique of spike timing dependent plasticity. Nature Neuroscience, 8:839-841, 2005.
• Cline H, Spruston N. Introduction: Overview of dendrites. Journal of Neurobiology, 64:1-3, 2005.
• Surmeier DJ, Spruston N. Peering into the dendritic machinery of striatal medium spiny neurons. Neuron. 44:401-402, 2004.
• Spruston N, Kath WL. Dendritic arithmetic. Nature Neuroscience, 7:567-569, 2004.
• Spruston N. Branching out: a new idea for dendritic function. Journal of Neurophysiology, 90:2887-2888, 2003.
• Spruston N. Axonal gap junctions send ripples through the hippocampus. Neuron 31:669-671, 2001.
• Häusser M, Spruston N, Stuart G. Diversity and dynamics of dendritic signaling. Science, 290:739-744, 2000.
• Spruston N. Distant synapses raise their voices. Nature Neuroscience, 3:849-851, 2000.
• Spruston N, Häusser M, Stuart G. Dendritic integration. In: Dendrites, 1st edition, Stuart G, Spruston N, Häusser M, eds. Oxford University Press, 1st edition, pp. 231-270, 1999.
• Mickus T, Jung H, Spruston N. Slow sodium channel inactivation in CA1 pyramidal cells. In: Molecular and functional diversity of Ion Channels and Receptors. B. Rudy and P. Seeburg, eds. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 868:97-101, 1999.
• Traub RD, Spruston N, Soltesz I, Konnerth A, Whittington MA, Jefferys JGR. Gamma-frequency oscillations: a neuronal population phenomenon regulated by synaptic and intrinsic cellular processes. Progress in Neurobiology, 55:563-575, 1998.
• Bulinski JC, Ohm T, Roder H, Spruston N, Turner DA, Wheal HV. Changes in dendritic structure and function following hippocampal lesions: correlations with developmental events? Progress in Neurobiology, 55:641-650, 1998.
• Stuart G, Spruston N, Sakmann B, Häusser M. Action potential initiation and backpropagation in neurons of the mammalian central nervous system. Trends in Neurosciences, 20:125-131, 1997.
• Ferster D, Spruston N. Cracking the neuronal code. Science, 270:756–757, 1995.
• Spruston N, Jaffe DB, Johnston D. Dendritic attenuation of synaptic potentials and currents: the role of passive membrane properties. Trends in Neurosciences, 17:161–166, 1994.
• Jonas P, Spruston N. Mechanisms shaping glutamate-mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents in the CNS. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 4: 366–372, 1994.