A critical and cell-autonomous role for MeCP2 in synaptic scaling up

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 13529-13536

  Blackman, Melissa P ^a   Djukic, Biljana ^a   Nelson, Sacha B ^a   Turrigiano, Gina G ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RETT SYNDROME; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN; TRANSFECTION; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 84866723225     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3077-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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