GABAergic miniature spontaneous activity is increased in the CA1 hippocampal region of dystrophic mdx mice

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-226

  Graciotti, Laura ^a,b   Minelli, Andrea ^c   Minciacchi, Diego ^e   Procopio, Antonio ^a,b   Fulgenzi, Gianluca ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CA1; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin; Electrophysiology; GABAaR; Interneuron; IPSC; mdx mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECORDING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WILD TYPE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 41549111538     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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