Three-dimensional Quantification of Dendritic Spines from Pyramidal Neurons Derived from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsLaura Gouder 1,2,3, Jean-Yves Tinevez 4, Hany Goubran-Botros 1,2,3, Alexandra Benchoua 5, Thomas Bourgeron 1,2,3, Isabelle Cloëz-Tayarani 1,2,3
1Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, Institut Pasteur, 2CNRS URA 2182 'Genes, synapses and cognition', Institut Pasteur, 3Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 4Plateforme d' Imagerie Dynamique, Imagopole, CiTech, Institut Pasteur, 5Neuroplasticity and Therapeutics, CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Evry
Dendritic spines of pyramidal neurons are the sites of most excitatory synapses in mammalian brain cortex. This method describes a 3D quantitative analysis of spine morphologies in human cortical pyramidal glutamatergic neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells.