Roles of mGluR5 in synaptic function and plasticity of the mouse thalamocortical pathway

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1379-1396

  She, Wei Chi ^a   Quairiaux, Charles ^b   Albright, Michael J ^a   Wang, Yu Chi ^a   Sanchez, Denisse E ^a   Chang, Poh Shing ^a   Welker, Egbert ^b   Lu, Hui Chen ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barrels; Cortical maps; MGluR; Somatosensory cortex; Thalamocortical synapses

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TIME PERCEPTION; TOPOGRAPHY; VIBRISSA; WHOLE CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 64049101741     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06696.x     Document Type: Article

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