Neuronal density determines network connectivity and spontaneous activity in cultured hippocampus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1052-1060

  Ivenshitz, Miriam ^a   Segal, Menahem ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; CELL COUNT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RATS;

EID: 77955967007     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00914.2009     Document Type: Article

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