Rapid developmental switch in the mechanisms driving early cortical columnar networks

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7072, 2006, Pages 79-83

  Dupont, Erwan ^a   Hanganu, Ileana L ^a   Kilb, Werner ^a   Hirsch, Silke ^a   Luhmann, Heiko J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROLOGY; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SWITCHES;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL COLUMNAR NETWORKS; GAP JUNCTIONS; NMDA RECEPTORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 30144431983     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04264     Document Type: Article

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