Evidence for an extended duration of GABA-mediated excitation in the developing male versus female hippocampus

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1879-1890

  Nuñez, Joseph L ^a   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Calcium imaging; Chloride co transporter; Sex difference; Voltage sensitive calcium channel

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELLS, CULTURED; CREB-BINDING PROTEIN; FEMALE; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE SYMPORTERS; SYMPORTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36849032826     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20567     Document Type: Article

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