Selective suppression of excitatory synapses on GABAergic interneurons by norepinephrine in juvenile rat prefrontal cortical microcircuitry

Neuroscience

Volumn 246, Issue , 2013, Pages 312-328

  Wang, H X ^a   Waterhouse, B D ^a   Gao, W J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Local circuit; Neocortex; Norepinephrine; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; INTERNEURONS; NERVE NET; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84878909611     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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