Electrical and chemical synapses between relay neurons in developing thalamus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2403-2415

  Lee, Seung Chan ^a   Cruikshank, Scott J ^a   Connors, Barry W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CONNEXIN 36; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MATURATION; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; GAP JUNCTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; AGING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHEMICAL SYNAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE NET; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 77954489742     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.187096     Document Type: Article

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