Development and critical period plasticity of the barrel cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1540-1553

  Erzurumlu, Reha S ^a   Gaspar, Patricia ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DU FER À MOULIN   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Activity dependent mechanisms; Cerebral cortex; Pattern formation; Sensory deprivation; Synaptic plasticity; Trigeminal system

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACTIVIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FOLLISTATIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2D; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PARVALBUMIN POSITIVE GABAERGIC NEURON; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; THROMBOSPONDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ARTICLE; BAREL CELL; BARELLETE CELL; BARELLOID CELL; BARREL CORTEX PATTERNING; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CRITICAL PERIOD PLASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLIA; H 2Z1 GENE; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL SENSORY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE CELL; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRANSGENE; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VENTROPOSTERIOR MEDIAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84860326503     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08075.x     Document Type: Article

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