Compensatory changes in cellular excitability, not synaptic scaling, contribute to homeostatic recovery of embryonic network activity

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

Volumn 106, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6760-6765

  Wilhelm, Jennifer C ^a   Rich, Mark M ^b   Wenner, Peter ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; GABA; Glutamate; Neurotransmission; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CALCIUM; 3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; PYRIDAZINE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SODIUM CURRENT; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHICK EMBRYO; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHICK EMBRYO; HOMEOSTASIS; ION CHANNEL GATING; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PYRIDAZINES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66149092308     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0813058106     Document Type: Article

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