Reorganization of inhibitory synapses and increased PSD length of perforated excitatory synapses in hippocampal area CA1 of dystrophin-deficient mdx mice

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 876-888

  Miranda, R ^a,b,c   Sebrie C ^d   Degrouard, J ^b,e   Gillet, B ^d   Jaillard, D ^b   Laroche, S ^a,b   Vaillend, C ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

DMD; MRI; Quantitative electron microscopy; Stereology; Structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BRAIN PROTEIN; DYSTROPHIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DENSITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITATORY SYNAPSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY SYNAPSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; DYSTROPHIN; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 67651115700     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn135     Document Type: Article

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