Astrocyte-secreted factors modulate the developmental distribution of inhibitory synapses in nucleus laminaris of the avian auditory brainstem

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1262-1277

  Korn, Matthew J ^a   Koppel, Scott J ^a   Li, Lan H ^a   Mehta, Divya ^a   Mehta, Sonia B ^a   Seidl, Armin H ^b   Cramer, Karina S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Auditory brainstem; Inhibitory synapses; Nucleus laminaris; Superior olivary nucleus; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIRD; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENDRITE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTOSOME; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN STEM; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84863066806     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22786     Document Type: Article

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