Developmental switch in the polarity of experience-dependent synaptic changes in layer 6 of mouse visual cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2499-2505

  Petrus, Emily ^a,b,c   Anguh, Terence T ^a   Pho, Huy ^a   Lee, Angela ^a   Gammon, Nicholas ^a,c   Lee, Hey Kyoung ^a,b,c  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark exposure; Development; Homeostatic plasticity; Synaptic scaling; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC CHANGE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GENICULATE BODIES; HOMEOSTASIS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 80755171252     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00111.2011     Document Type: Article

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