Exposure to interferon-γ during synaptogenesis increases inhibitory activity after a latent period in cultured rat hippocampal neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3193-3201

  Brask, Johan ^a   Kristensson, Krister ^a   Hill, Russell H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Development; GABAA receptor; Interferon; Synapse; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITION KINETICS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 3042748278     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03445.x     Document Type: Article

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