Enhanced long-term microcircuit plasticity in the valproic acid animal model of autism

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Silva, Guilherme Testa ^a,b   Le Bé, Jean Vincent ^a   Riachi, Imad ^a   Rinaldi, Tania ^c   Markram, Kamila ^a   Markram, Henry ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Layer 5 pyramidal cells; Long term microcircuit plasticity; Microcircuit plasticity; Neocortex; Synaptic plasticity; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953009763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16633563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.19.001.2009     Document Type: Article

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