Brain-derived neurotrophic factor mediates activity-dependent dendritic growth in nonpyramidal neocortical interneurons in developing organotypic cultures

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 5662-5673

  Jin, Xiaoming ^a,b   Hu, Hang ^a   Mathers, Peter H ^a   Agmon, Ariel ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Biolistic; GABA; GAD67; Gene gun; Inhibitory interneuron; Neocortical development; Neurotrophins; Organotypic slice

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0038722037     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-13-05662.2003     Document Type: Article

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