Functional role of ambient GABA in refining neuronal circuits early in postnatal development

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Cellot, Giada ^a   Cherubini, Enrico ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Extrasynaptic GABAA receptor; Hippocampus; Network activity; Tonic GABAA conductance

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA3; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; CALCIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE WNK1; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; ZOLPIDEM;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; DENTATE GYRUS; DNA SYNTHESIS; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GRANULE CELL; GROWTH CONE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; MEDIUM SPINY NEURON; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 84882684678     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00136     Document Type: Review

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