Development of NMDA NR2 subunits and their roles in critical period maturation of neocortical GABAergic interneurons

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-245

  Zhang, Zhi ^a   Sun, Qian Quan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Critical period; Fast spiking interneuron; Inhibitory network; NR2A; NR2B; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE PLAYING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOCORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79551699943     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20844     Document Type: Article

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