Reliable activation of immature neurons in the adult hippocampus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Mongiat, Lucas A ^a   Espósito, M Soledad ^a   Lombardi, Gabriela ^a   Schinder, Alejandro F ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR6.2; POTASSIUM ION; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; GLUTAMINE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MATURATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ION CURRENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 65449146325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005320     Document Type: Article

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