Postsynaptic FMRP promotes the pruning of cell-to-cell connections among pyramidal neurons in the L5A neocortical network

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3413-3418

  Patel, Ankur B ^a   Loerwald, Kristofer W ^a   Huber, Kimberly M ^a   Gibson, Jay R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit; Cortex; Development; Electrophysiology; Fmr1; FMRP

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FMR1 GENE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENE DELETION; MALE; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE PRUNING;

CIRCUIT; CORTEX; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FMR1; FMRP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COMMUNICATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; QUINOXALINES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84894416065     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2921-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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