Late-Stage Immature Neocortical Neurons Reconstruct Interhemispheric Connections and Form Synaptic Contacts with Increased Efficiency in Adult Mouse Cortex Undergoing Targeted Neurodegeneration

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 4045-4056

  Fricker Gates, Rosemary A ^a,c   Shin, Jennifer J ^a   Tai, Cindy C ^a   Catapano, Lisa A ^a   Macklis, Jeffrey D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMPA R; Apoptosis; Aspartate; Connectivity; GABA; GABA R; Glutamate; Integration; Kainate R; Migration; Neocortex; Neural transplantation; Neuronal degeneration; Neurotransmitters; NMDA R; Receptors; Targeted degeneration

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RECEPTOR; 2 HYDROXY 4,4' DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; 2-HYDROXY-4,4'-DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CHLORIN E6; FLUORESCENT DYE; MICROSPHERE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; PORPHYRIN; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT; STILBAMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISPERSION; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HEMISPHERE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROBLAST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; TISSUE PREPARATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYTOLOGY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSPHERES; NEOCORTEX; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STILBAMIDINES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037095758     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-10-04045.2002     Document Type: Article

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