Reduced presynaptic efficiency of excitatory synaptic transmission impairs LTP in the visual cortex of BDNF-heterozygous mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3519-3531

  Abidin, Ismail ^a   Köhler, Torben ^a   Weiler, Elke ^a   Zoidl, Georg ^a   Eysel, Ulf T ^a   Lessmann, Volkmar ^b   Mittmann, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Long term potentiation; mEPSCs; Slices; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FATIGUE; HETEROZYGOSITY; KINETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; QUINOXALINES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33845625293     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05242.x     Document Type: Article

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