Electrical synapses formed by connexin36 regulate inhibition- and experience-dependent plasticity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 13770-13775

  Postma, Friso ^a   Liu, Cheng Hang ^b   Dietsche, Caitlin ^b   Khan, Mariam ^b   Lee, Hey Kyoung ^b   Paul, David ^a   Kanold, Patrick O ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptor 1; Development; Gap junctions; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CONNEXIN 36;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; EYE DOMINANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL CORTEX;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051999567     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100166108     Document Type: Article

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