Decline of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the rat auditory cortex in vivo during postnatal life: Involvement of NR2B subunits

Brain Research

Volumn 1283, Issue , 2009, Pages 25-33

  Hogsden, Jennifer L ^a   Dringenberg, Hans C ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical period; Development; Medial geniculate nucleus; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABENULA; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; THETA RHYTHM;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GENICULATE BODIES; GLUTAMIC ACID; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THETA RHYTHM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 67651113810     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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