Astrocyte-restricted disruption of connexin-43 impairs neuronal plasticity in mouse barrel cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-45

  Han, Yong ^a   Yu, Han xiao ^a   Sun, Man li ^a   Wang, Yiner ^a   Xi, Wang ^a   Yu, Yan qin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Behavior; Conditional knockout; Cre loxP; Current source density; Long term potentiation

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CRE RECOMBINASE; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME OXIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATION; EXON; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSGENICS; VIBRISSA;

BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONAL KNOCKOUT; CRE/LOXP; CURRENT SOURCE DENSITY; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CONNEXIN 43; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE DELETION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICE; NEURONS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84891628459     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12394     Document Type: Article

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