Experience-dependent changes in excitatory and inhibitory receptor subunit expression in visual cortex

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2010, Pages

  Beston, Brett R ^a   Jones, David G ^a   Murphy, Kathryn M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; AMPA; Development; Excitatory inhibitory balance; GABA A; Monocular deprivation; NMDA; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA3; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; SYNAPSIN;

AGE; AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84856092866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16633563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsyn.2010.00138     Document Type: Article

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