Human embryonic stem cell-derived neurons adopt and regulate the activity of an established neural network

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

Volumn 108, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 20189-20194

  Weick, Jason P ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Zhang, Su Chun ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA; Cortical neurons; GABA

Indexed keywords

GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL SIZE; DEPOLARIZATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROEPITHELIAL BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, SCID; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84055224146     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108487108     Document Type: Article

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