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• Purines induce directed migration and rapid homing of microglia to injured pyramidal neurons in developing hippocampus.
  Kurpius D, Nolley E, and Dailey ME.
  Glia 55(8):873-884. 2007.
  Link to Preprint (5 Mb file) Link to Supplementary Video Data (PowerPoint)

• The P2Y12 receptor regulates microglial activation by extracellular nucleotides. *
  Haynes SE, Hollopeter G, Yang G, Kurpius D, Dailey ME, Gan W-B, Julius D.
  Nature Neuroscience 9(12):1512-1519. 2006.
  Link to Reprint (641KB PDF file)
  Link to Supplementary Data Link to Helmut Kettenmann's 'News & Views' article (293K PDF file)

* Selected as a "Must Read" by Faculty of 1000. (http://www.f1000biology.com/article/id/1054676).

• Dendritic arbors of developing retinal ganglion cells are stabilized by b1-integrins. 
  Marrs G, Honda T, Fuller L, Thangavel R, Balsamo J, Lilien J, Dailey M, and Arregui C.
  Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 32:230-241. 2006.
  Preprint (1MB PDF file) 

• Early activation, motility, and homing of neonatal microglia to injured neurons does not require protein synthesis. 
  Kurpius D, Wilson N, Fuller L, Hoffman A, Dailey ME.
  Glia. 54:58-70. 2006.
  Preprint (7MB PDF file)  
  Link to Supplemental Video (Fig. 5A)
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• Synaptic activity and F-actin coordinately regulate CaMKIIa localization to dendritic postsynaptic sites in developing hippocampal slices. *
  Ahmed R, Zha X-M, Green SH, Dailey ME.
  Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 31:37-51. 2006.
  Preprint (1MB PDF file)  

* "Recommended" by Faculty of 1000. (http://www.facultyof1000.com/article/16214364).

• Regulation of hippocampal synapse remodeling by epileptiform activity. *
  Zha X-M, Green SH, Dailey ME.
  Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 29(4):494-506. 2005.
  Reprint (966KB PDF file)    Link to Supplemental Video

* "Recommended" by Faculty of 1000. (http://www.facultyof1000.com/article/15953736).

• Ballistic labeling and dynamic imaging of astrocytes in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. 
  Benediktsson AM, Schachtele SJ, Green SH, Dailey ME. 
  Journal of Neuroscience Methods 141:41-53. 2005.
  Reprint (752KB PDF file)    Link to Supplemental Video (Fig. 2G)

• Diverse microglial motility behaviors during clearance of dead cells in hippocampal slices. 
  Petersen MA, Dailey ME.*
  Glia Apr;46(2):195-206. 2004.

  Medline abstract   Full text (1.0MB PDF file)    Link to Supplemental Video Materials (17MB WinZip file)
  

• Localization of synapsin-I and PSD-95 in developing postnatal rat cerebellar cortex. 
  Castejón OJ, Fuller L, Dailey ME. 
  Developmental Brain Research 151(1-2):25-32. 2004.
  Preprint (933KB PDF file)    Link to Supplemental Video (Fig. 1I)

• Juxtavascular microglia migrate along brain microvessels following activation during early postnatal development.
  Grossmann R, Stence N, Carr J, Fuller L, Waite M, Dailey ME.
  Glia Mar 1;37(3):229-40.  2002.  [with journal cover.]

• Correlative microscopy of cerebellar Bergmann glial cells.
  Castejón OJ, Dailey ME, Apkarian RP, Castejón HV.
  Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology 34(2):131-42.  2002.
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• A common oocyst surface antigen of Cryptosporidium recognized by monoclonal antibodies.
  Yu JR, O'Hara SP, Lin JL-C, Dailey ME, Cain G, Lin JJ-C.
  Parasitology Research May;88(5):412-20. 2002.
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• Hippocampal mossy fibers induce assembly and clustering of PSD95-containing postsynaptic densities independent of glutamate receptor activation.
  Qin L, Marrs GS, McKim R, Dailey ME.
  Journal of Comparative Neurology.  2001. Nov 19;440(3):284-98.
  
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• Dynamics of microglial activation: a confocal time-lapse analysis in hippocampal slices.
  Stence N, Waite M, Dailey ME.
  Glia.  2001. Mar 1;33(3):256-66.
  
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• Rapid formation and remodeling of postsynaptic densities in developing dendrites.
  Marrs GS, Green SH, Dailey ME.*
  Nature Neuroscience.  2001. Oct;4(10):1006-13.
  
  Medline abstract    Full text (4.2MB PDF file)    News & Views (151K PDF file)
  

  * "Recommended" by Faculty of 1000. (http://www.facultyof1000.com/article/11574832)

• Confocal imaging of microglial cell dynamics in hippocampal slice cultures.
  Dailey ME, Waite M.
  Methods.  1999. Jun;18(2):222-30, 177.
  
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• Polymerizing microtubules activate site-directed F-actin assembly in nerve growth cones.
  Rochlin MW, Dailey ME, Bridgman PC.
  Molecular Biology of the Cell.  1999. Jul;10(7):2309-27.
  
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• The dynamics of dendritic structure in developing hippocampal slices.
  Dailey ME, Smith SJ.
  Journal of Neuroscience.  1996. May 1;16(9):2983-94.  [with journal cover.]
  
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• Spontaneous Ca²⁺ transients in developing hippocampal pyramidal cells.
  Dailey ME, Smith SJ.
  Journal of Neurobiology.  1994. Mar;25(3):243-51.
  
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  Link to related image in Jeff Lichtman's 1994 Scientific American article, "Confocal Microscopy."
  
  
• Mossy fiber growth and synaptogenesis in rat hippocampal slices in vitro.
  Dailey ME, Buchanan J, Bergles DE, Smith SJ.
  Journal of Neuroscience.  1994. Mar;14(3 Pt 1):1060-78.
  
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• Vacuole dynamics in growth cones: correlated EM and video observations.
  Dailey ME, Bridgman PC.
  Journal of Neuroscience.  1993. Aug;13(8):3375-93.
  
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• Diverse migratory pathways in the developing cerebral cortex.
  O'Rourke NA, Dailey ME, Smith SJ, McConnell SK.
  Science.  1992. Oct 9;258(5080):299-302.  [with journal cover.]
  
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• Structure and organization of membrane organelles along distal microtubule segments in growth cones.
  Dailey ME, Bridgman PC.
  Journal of Neuroscience Research.  1991. Sep;30(1):242-58.
  
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• Dynamics of the endoplasmic reticulum and other membranous organelles in growth cones of cultured neurons.
  Dailey ME, Bridgman PC.
  Journal of Neuroscience.  1989. Jun;9(6):1897-909.  [with journal cover.]
  
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• The organization of myosin and actin in rapid frozen nerve growth cones.
  Bridgman PC, Dailey ME.
  Journal of Cell Biology.  1989. Jan;108(1):95-109.
  
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• Differentiation of substantia gelatinosa-like regions in intraspinal and intracerebral transplants of embryonic spinal cord tissue in the rat.
  Jakeman LB, Reier PJ, Bregman BS, Wade EB, Dailey M, Kastner RJ, Himes BT, Tessler A.
  Experimental Neurology.  1989. Jan;103(1):17-33.
  
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Book Chapters / Reviews:

• Dailey ME, Manders E, Soll D, Terasaki M.
  Confocal microscopy of live cells. (Chapter 19)
  In, Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy, 3rd Edition (Pawley J, ed.)  2006.
  Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
  Preprint (1.3MB PDF file)

• Kurpius D, Dailey ME.
  A practical guide to imaging microglia in live brain slices and slice cultures.
  In, Imaging in Neuroscience and Development: A Laboratory Manual, (Yuste R and Konnerth A, eds.)  2005 Cold Spring Harbor Lab Press: Cold Sprig Harbor, NY. (Chapter 55) pp. 425-429
  Preprint (0.5MB PDF file)

• Dailey ME, Marrs GS, Kurpius D.
  Maintaining living cells and tissue slices in the imaging setup.
  In, Imaging in Neuroscience and Development: A Laboratory Manual, (Yuste R and Konnerth A, eds.)  2005 Cold Spring Harbor Lab Press: Cold Sprig Harbor, NY. (Chapter 1) pp. 1-8.
  
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• Dailey, ME.
  Optical imaging of neural structure and physiology: Confocal fluorescence microscopy in live brain slices.
  In, Brain Mapping: The Methods, 2nd Edition, (A. Toga & J. Mazziotta, eds.)  2002 Elsevier Science, pp 49-76.
  
  Amazon page    Full text (1.0MB PDF file)
  
  
• Dailey ME.
  Maintaining living cells and slices in the imaging setup.
  In, Imaging Neurons: A Laboratory Manual, (R. Yuste, F. Lanni, & A. Konnerth, eds.)  2000, Cold Spring Harbor Lab Press: Cold Spring Harbor, NY.  pp 10.1-10.7.
  
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• Dailey ME, Marrs G, Satz J, and Waite, M.
  Concepts in imaging and microscopy: Exploring biological structure and function with confocal microscopy.
  Biological Bulletin.  1999 Oct;197(2):115-22
  
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• Dailey, ME.
  Dynamic optical imaging of neuronal structure and physiology: Confocal fluorescence microscopy in living brain slices.
  In, Brain Mapping: The Methods, (A. Toga & J. Mazziotta, eds.)  1996 Academic Press, pp 29-54.
  
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• Terasaki M, Dailey ME.
  Confocal microscopy of living cells.
  In, Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy, 2nd Edition.  (J.B. Pawley, ed.) 1995 Plenum Publishing, pp 327-346.
  
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• Dailey ME, Smith SJ.
  Confocal imaging of axon and dendrite growth in mammalian brain slices.
  In, Society for Neuroscience Short Course Syllabus: Light Microscopic Imaging Techniques, 1994.
  
  
• McConnell SK, Kaznowski CE, O'Rourke NA, Dailey ME, Roberts JS.
  Neurogenesis, determination and migration during cerebral cortical development.
  In, Molecular Basis of Morphogenesis, 51st Annual Symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology.  (M. Bernfield, ed.)  1993 Wiley-Liss, pp 135-154.
  
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Recent Conference Abstracts:

• Dailey, M.E., Kurpius, D., Nolley, E. (2006) Purines induce directed migration and mediate rapid homing of microglia to injured pyramidal neurons in developing hippocampal tissue slices. Abstr. Soc. for Neurosci.
• Ahmed, R., Zha, X-M., Green, S.H., and Dailey, M.E. (2006) Targeting and turnover of CaMKII at hippocampal synapses. 8th International Winter Neuroscience Conference, Soelden, Austria.
• Schachtele, S., Dailey, M., and S. Green (2006) Early dendritic spine and synapse development in auditory cortical pyramidal neurons. Assoc. for Research in Otolaryngology.
• Fuller L, Heintz K, and Dailey ME (2005) Diverse early responses of microglia, astrocytes, and NG2+ glia to focal traumatic injury in hippocampal slice cultures. (abstract for the Soc. for Neuroscience meeting, Washington, DC.)
• Field L, Rouse T, Kurpius D, and Dailey M (2005) Dynamic interactions between CD4+CD25+ T regulatory hybridoma and CD4+ T cells. (abstract for Amer. Assoc. Immunol.)
• Schachtele S, Dailey M, Green S (2005)  BDFN affects synaptogenesis in the developing rat auditory cortex.  (abstract for the ARO Meeting)
• Honda T, Marrs G, Arregui C, Dailey M, Balsamo J, and Lilien J (2004)  b1-Integrins stabilize developing retinal ganglion cell dendritic arbors.  (abstract for the Annual Society for Cell Biology Meeting, Washington DC)
• Zha X-M, Green SH, Dailey ME (2004)  Regulation of synapse remodeling by epileptiform activity in hippocampal slices.  (abstract for the Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, CA)
• Dailey ME (2004) Dynamics of spine and synapse formation in live developing hippocampal tissue slices. (abstract for 4th Forum of Federation of European Neurosience Societies, Lisbon, Portugal)
• Dailey ME, Petersen MA, Kurpius D, Grossmann R, Stence N (2004)  Microglia on the Move: The dynamics of microglial activation and cell-cell interactions in live brain tissue slices.  (abstract for the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, Washington, D.C.).
• Arregui C, Honda T, Shah B, Dailey M, Balsamo J, Lilien J (2003) Inactivation of b1 integrins destabilizes retinal ganglion cell dendritic arbors in situ. (abstract for the Amer. Soc. Cell Biology 43rd Annual Mtg., San Francisco, CA.)
• Zha X-M, Green SH, Dailey ME (2003)  CaMKII mediates activity-induced changes in hippocampal dendritic structure.  (abstract for the Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting, New Orleans, LA)
  
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• Benediktsson AM, Marrs GS, Tu JC, Worley PF, Rothstein JD, Bergles DE, Dailey ME (2003)  Clustering and dynamic remodeling of a glutamate transporter, GLT-1a, in hippocampal astrocytes.  (abstract for the Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting, New Orleans, LA).
  
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• Dailey ME, Fuller L, Hoffman A, Kurpius D (2003)  Microglial activation in brain slices:  Time-course of nuclear translocation of NF-κB and changes in surface expression of cell adhesion molecules.  (abstract for the Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting, New Orleans, LA).
  
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• Benediktsson AM, Jeffrey RL, Green SH, Dailey ME (2003) Astrocytes in action: Glial dynamics observed in live hippocampal slice. (abstract for the Gordon Conf. on Glial Biology, Ventura, CA.)