Altered cortico-striatal synaptic plasticity and related behavioural impairments in reeler mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2061-2070

  Marrone, Maria Cristina ^a   Marinelli, Silvia ^a,e   Biamonte, Filippo ^b,c   Keller, Flavio ^b   Sgobio, Carmelo Alessio ^a   Ammassari Teule, Martine ^a   Bernardi, Giorgio ^d   Mercuri, Nicola B ^a,d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

GABA; Long term depression; Long term potentiation; Parvalbumin; Procedural learning; Reelin

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; REELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL DENSITY; CELL MUTANT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTRIAL PATHWAY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HOMOZYGOTE; INTERNEURON; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRIATE CORTEX;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; PARVALBUMINS; PROBABILITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33750036667     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05083.x     Document Type: Article

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