A role for silent synapses in the development of the pathway from layer 2/3 to 5 pyramidal cells in the neocortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 13085-13099

  Anastasiades, Paul G ^a,b   Butt, Simon J B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KEBLE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; LASER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN MAPPING; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMATES; LASERS; MAGNESIUM; MICE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866434870     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1262-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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