NMDA Receptor Regulation Prevents Regression of Visual Cortical Function in the Absence of Mecp2

Neuron

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1078-1090

  Durand, Severine ^a,d   Patrizi, Annarita ^a   Quast, Kathleen B ^a,b   Hachigian, Lea ^a   Pavlyuk, Roman ^a   Saxena, Alka ^c   Carninci, Piero ^c   Hensch, Takao K ^a,b   Fagiolini, Michela ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SENSORY GATING; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETT SYNDROME; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84871371030     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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