Activity dependence of cortical axon branch formation: A morphological and electrophysiological study using organotypic slice cultures

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Uesaka, Naofumi ^a   Hirai, Satoshi ^a   Maruyama, Takuro ^a   Ruthazer, Edward S ^b   Yamamoto, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Axon; Branching; Cortex; Culture; Development

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPORATION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; TETRODOTOXIN; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VALINE;

EID: 12144279567     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3855-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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