Alterations of the cortico-cortical network in sensori-motor areas of dystrophin deficient mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1129-1139

  Minciacchi, D ^a   Del Tongo, C ^a   Carretta, D ^a   Nosi, D ^a   Granato, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

biotinylated dextran amine; cognitive impairment; dendritic spines; dystrophin; muscular dystrophy; pyramidal neurons

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; DEXTRANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSTROPHIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NERVE NET; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 77349116413     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.01.040     Document Type: Article

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