Laboratory of Neuroglial Interactions
We are interested in the mechanisms of interactions between neurons and oligodendrocyte lineage cells under different physiological and pathological conditions, especially in epilepsy. Neuronal activity can regulate myelin formation by oligodendrocytes which might have a profound feedback effect on the patterns of activity in neuronal circuits. Many pathologies of the central nervous system are accompanied by changes in myelin content in the nervous tissue, including epilepsy, where hypomyelination is usually described. This is in contrast to the expected activity-dependent myelination. Our aim is to find out how pathological synchronized neuronal activity in epilepsy affects the function of oligodendrocyte lineage cells and what is the cause of hypomyelination in epilepsy.
We are using a mouse model of focal cortical dysplasia and our experimental approaches include immunohistochemistry, single cell transcriptomics, electrophysiology (patch clamp) and calcium imaging in acute brain slices in combination with in vivo 2-photon imaging.
Research areas
Myelination in epilepsy
The aim of the project is to uncover the mechanisms of hypomyelination in focal cortical dysplasia (project run by Bohdana Hrušková)
Synaptic and non-synaptic communication between neurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells in epilepsy
Project run by Adam Bogdanovič
Mechanisms of epileptogenesis and ictogenesis in focal cortical dysplasia type I and MOGHE (Mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia in epilepsy)
Project run by Nikola Vršková
The impact of neurosteroids on neuronal hyperactivity
Joint project with Dr. Kudová’s group at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
Selected publications
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Current grant projects
The role of disrupted glial cell functions in the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases
National Institute for Neurology Research
Workpackage 3.2
2022-2025
Mechanism of oligodendrocyte lineage cells loss in focal cortical dysplasia
Grant Agency of Charles University
Principal investigator: Adam Bogdanovič
2024-2026
International cooperation
Prof. Thóra Káradóttir group
University of Cambridge, UK & University of Iceland, Reykjavik
Keywords
oligodendrocyte precursor cells, oligodendrocytes, myelin, glial cells, epilepsy, focal cortical dysplasia, patch-clamp, calcium imaging, ion channels, glutamate receptors