Altered gamma oscillations during pregnancy through loss of δ subunit-containing GABAA receptors on parvalbumin interneurons

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Ferando, Isabella ^a,b   Mody, Istvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CA3 interneurons; Delta subunit; GABAA receptors; Gamma oscillations; Neurosteroids; Parvalbumin; Pregnancy; Tonic inhibition

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR DELTA; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROSTEROID; PARVALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAMMA OSCILLATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERIUM; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; CA3 INTERNEURONS; DELTA SUBUNIT; GABAA RECEPTORS; GAMMA OSCILLATIONS; NEUROSTEROIDS; TONIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN WAVES; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE NET; PARVALBUMINS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

CA3 INTERNEURONS; DELTA SUBUNIT; GABAA RECEPTORS; GAMMA OSCILLATIONS; NEUROSTEROIDS; PARVALBUMIN; PREGNANCY; TONIC INHIBITION;

EID: 84885070863     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00144     Document Type: Article

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