The ratio of NR2A/B NMDA receptor subunits determines the qualities of ocular dominance plasticity in visual cortex

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5377-5382

  Cho, Kathleen K A ^a   Khibnik, Lena ^a   Philpot, Benjamin D ^b   Bear, Mark F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BCM theory; Metaplasticity; Synaptic homeostasis; Synaptic scaling visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE DOMINANCE; GENE DELETION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

MUS;

EID: 65249093191     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808104106     Document Type: Article

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