Increased thalamocortical synaptic response and decreased layer IV innervation in GAP-43 knockout mice

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1610-1625

  Albright, Michael J ^a   Weston, Matthew C ^a   Inan, Melis ^a,b   Rosenmund, Christian ^a   Crair, Michael C ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROMODULIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP-43 PROTEIN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 34548712348     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00219.2007     Document Type: Article

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