Neuronal activity influences the growth of barrels in developing rat primary somatosensory cortex without affecting the expression pattern of four major GABA(A) receptor α subunits

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-127

  Penschuck, Silke ^a,b   Giorgetta, Olivia ^a   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel; BDNF; Cortical development; Elvax polymer; GABA(A) receptor; MK 801; Subunit; Thalamocortical projection

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DIZOCILPINE; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; POLYMER; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DRUG IMPLANTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; NEURONS; POLYVINYLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0033545234     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00171-0     Document Type: Article

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