Time-dependent modulation of GABAA-ergic synaptic transmission by allopregnanolone in locus coeruleus neurons of Mecp2-null mice

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Jin, Xin ^a   Zhong, Weiwei ^a   Jiang, Chun ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Development; GABAA ergic; Locus coeruleus; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MECP2 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME;

ALLOPREGNANOLONE; DEVELOPMENT; GABAA-ERGIC; LOCUS COERULEUS; RETT SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANOLONE; RETT SYNDROME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888804025     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00195.2013     Document Type: Article

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