α5GABAa receptor activity sets the threshold for long-term potentiation and constrains hippocampus-dependent memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5269-5282

  Martin, Loren J ^a,d   Zurek, Agnieszka A ^a   MacDonald, John F ^a   Roder, John C ^b   Jackson, Michael F ^a   Orser, Beverley A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALPHA5 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GABRA5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEAR; GENE DELETION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETICS; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77950981525     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4209-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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