Absence of whisker-related pattern formation in mice with NMDA receptors lacking coincidence detection properties and calcium signaling

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2323-2332

  Rudhard, York ^a   Kneussel, Matthias ^a,d   Nassar, Mohammed A ^a   Rast, Georg F ^a   Annala, Alexander J ^a,b   Chen, Philip E ^a,c   Tigaret, Cezar M ^a   Dean, Isabel ^a   Roes, Juergen ^a   Gibb, Alasdair J ^a   Hunt, Stephen P ^a   Schoepfer, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrelette; Coincidence detection; Cytochrome oxidase; DiI labeling; Homologous recombination; Knock in; Mg2+ block; NMDA receptor; NMDAR; Pattern formation; Point mutation; Somatosensory; Topographic map; Trigeminal pathway; Whisker

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CRE RECOMBINASE; GENE PRODUCT; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; TARGET CELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0037444458     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-06-02323.2003     Document Type: Article

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