The role of nitric oxide synthase in cortical plasticity is sex specific

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 43, 2012, Pages 14994-14999

  Dachtler, James ^a   Hardingham, Neil R ^a   Fox, Kevin ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84867769839     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3189-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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