Coordination of neuronal activity in developing visual cortex by gap junction-mediated biochemical communication

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1419-1427

  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

Calcium; Development; Gap junction; Inositol trisphosphate; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Thapsigargin; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032519647     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-04-01419.1998     Document Type: Article

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