Age-dependent homeostatic plasticity of gabaergic signaling in developing retinal networks

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 12159-12164

  Hennig, Matthias H ^a   Grady, John ^b   van Coppenhagen, James ^b   Sernagor, Evelyne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80052147922     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3112-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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