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ArticleRoyal Society open science2024

Astrocytes induce desynchronization and reduce predictability in neuron-astrocyte networks cultured on microelectrode arrays.

Barbara Genocchi, Annika Ahtiainen, Annika Niemi, Michael T Barros, Jarno M A Tanskanen, Kerstin Lenk, Jari Hyttinen, Narayan Puthanmadam Subramaniyam

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Barbara GenocchiFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Annika AhtiainenFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5707-564X
Annika NiemiFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Michael T BarrosSchool of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9765-7660
Jarno M A TanskanenFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-318X
Kerstin LenkInstitute of Neural Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
Jari HyttinenFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Narayan Puthanmadam SubramaniyamFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6056-9336

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this article, we aim to study how astrocytes control electrophysiological activity during neuronal network formation. We used a combination of spike/burst analysis, classification of spike waveforms based on various signal properties and tools from information theory to demonstrate how astrocytes modulate the electrical activity of neurons using microelectrode array (MEA) signals. We cultured rat primary cortical neurons and astrocytes on 60-electrode MEAs with different neuron/astrocyte ratios ranging from 'pure' neuronal cultures to co-cultures containing 50% neurons and 50% astrocytes. Our results show that astrocytes desynchronize the network and reduce predictability in the signals and affect the repolarization phase of the action potentials. Our work highlights that it is crucial to go beyond standard MEA analysis to assess how astrocytes control neuronal cultures and investigate any dysfunction that could potentially result in neuronal hyperactivity.

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astrocytesionic bufferingmicroelectrode arraysneuronal networkssignal analysis

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PMID39479242
PMCPMC11521599

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