Silent synapses persist into adulthood in layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons of visual cortex in dark-reared mice

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2064-2076

  Funahashi, Rie ^a   Maruyama, Takuro ^a   Yoshimura, Yumiko ^b   Komatsu, Yukio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Plasticity; Silent synapse; Visual cortex; Visual experience

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SILENT SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; DARKNESS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84878481105     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00912.2012     Document Type: Article

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