Developmental regulation of GABAergic signalling in the hippocampus of neuroligin 3 R451C knock-in mice: An animal model of Autism

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Pizzarelli, Rocco ^a   Cherubini, Enrico ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Developing hippocampus; GDPs; Miniature GABAergic events; Neuroligin 3 mutation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; NEUROLIGIN; NEUROLIGIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GLUTAMATERGIC TRANSMISSION; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NLGN3 GENE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WHOLE CELL;

EID: 84878337829     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00085     Document Type: Article

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