High-frequency hippocampal oscillations activated by optogenetic stimulation of transplanted human ESC-derived neurons

J Neurosci. 2012 Nov 7;32(45):15837-42. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3735-12.2012.

Abstract

After transplantation, individual stem cell-derived neurons can functionally integrate into the host CNS; however, evidence that neurons derived from transplanted human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) can drive endogenous neuronal network activity in CNS tissue is still lacking. Here, using multielectrode array recordings, we report activation of high-frequency oscillations in the β and γ ranges (10-100 Hz) in the host hippocampal network via targeted optogenetic stimulation of transplanted hESC-derived neurons.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials / physiology
  • Animals
  • Embryonic Stem Cells / cytology
  • Embryonic Stem Cells / transplantation*
  • Female
  • Hippocampus / cytology
  • Hippocampus / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neural Stem Cells / cytology
  • Neural Stem Cells / transplantation*
  • Neurogenesis / physiology
  • Neurons / cytology
  • Neurons / transplantation*
  • Optogenetics
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley