Relationship between dye coupling and spontaneous activity in developing ferret visual cortex

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-64

  Kandler, Karl ^a,b   Katz, Lawrence C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junctions, intracellular; Neocortex; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

DYE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; GAP JUNCTION; NEOCORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; CELL COMMUNICATION; COLORING AGENTS; FERRETS; GAP JUNCTIONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031890833     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017299     Document Type: Article

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