Brain-derived neurotrophic factor mediates the activity-dependent regulation of inhibition in neocortical cultures

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4527-4535

  Rutherford, Lana C ^a   DeWan, Andrew ^a   Lauer, Holly M ^a   Turrigiano, Gina G ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependent; BDNF; Dissociated culture; GABA; Inhibition; Interneurons; Visual ortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TISSUE CULTURE; VISUAL CORTEX; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0031008630     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-12-04527.1997     Document Type: Article

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