Prenatal exposure to elevated NT3 disrupts synaptic selectivity in the spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3686-3694

  Wang, Zhi ^a   Ling, Ying Li ^a   Taylor, Michael D ^b   Wright, Douglas E ^b   Frank, Eric ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EPSP; Ia fibers; Neurotrophin 3; Spinal cord; Stretch reflex; Synaptic specificity

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34147178838     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0197-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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