Brain-derived neurotrophic factor enhances long-term potentiation in rat visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 6707-6716

  Akaneya, Yukio ^a   Tsumoto, Tadaharu ^a   Kinoshita, Shuichiro ^a   Hatanaka, Hiroshi ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Long term potentiation; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophin 3; Synaptic plasticity; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; K 252A; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030861491     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-17-06707.1997     Document Type: Article

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