Spontaneous activity promotes synapse formation in a cell-type-dependent manner in the developing retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5426-5439

  Soto, Florentina ^a   Ma, Xiaofeng ^a   Cecil, Jacob L ^a   Vo, Bradly Q ^a   Culican, Susan M ^a   Kerschensteiner, Daniel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALRETININ; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; RHODOPSIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN II; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 3;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; HYPERACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EYE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENICULATE BODIES; GUANYLATE KINASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INJECTIONS, INTRAOCULAR; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PERIODICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RHODOPSIN; SYNAPSES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84859773730     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0194-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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