Pharmacological manipulation of GABA-driven activity in ovo disrupts the development of dendritic morphology but not the maturation of spinal cord network activity

Neural Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Yoon, Yone J ^a   Gokin, Alexander P ^a   Martin Caraballo, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CHICK EMBRYO; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CHICK EMBRYO; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGENESIS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RECEPTORS, GABA; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77950633148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-5-11     Document Type: Article

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