Environmental enrichment selectively increases glutamatergic responses in layer II/III of the auditory cortex of the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 832-840

  Nichols, J A ^a   Jakkamsetti, V P ^a   Salgado, H ^a   Dinh, L ^a   Kilgard, M P ^a   Atzori, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

AI; behavior; excitation inhibition balance; neuronal modeling; patch clamp; perforated patch

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33947306291     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.12.061     Document Type: Article

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