Deafferentation weakens excitatory synapses in the developing central auditory system

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2340-2347

  Kotak, Vibhakar C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Gerbil; Lateral superior olive; Plasticity; Synaptic physiology

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN SLICE; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DENERVATION; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GERBIL; HEARING; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ION CURRENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DENERVATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERBILLINAE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031439605     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01651.x     Document Type: Article

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