Phenotype specification of cortical neurons during a period of molecular plasticity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2571-2580

  Obst, Kirstin ^a   Wahle, Petra ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interneurons; Neuropeptide Y; Organotypic cultures; Postnatal development; Rat visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERNEURONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031428042     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01686.x     Document Type: Article

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