Thalamocortical long-term potentiation becomes gated after the early critical period in the Auditory Cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 7345-7357

  Chun, Sungkun ^a   Bayazitov, Ildar T ^a   Blundon, Jay A ^a   Zakharenko, Stanislav S ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BASAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY CORTEX; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; THALAMUS;

EID: 84876539492     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4500-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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