Synaptic and intrinsic balancing during postnatal development in rat pups exposed to valproic acid in utero

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 13097-13109

  Walcott, Elisabeth C ^a   Higgins, Emily A ^a   Desai, Niraj S ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUP (RODENT); RAT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TERATOGENICITY; WHOLE CELL;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; TIME FACTORS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 80052957960     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1341-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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