Oxytocin mediates early experience-dependent cross-modal plasticity in the sensory cortices

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 391-399

  Zheng, Jing Jing ^a,b   Li, Shu Jing ^a   Zhang, Xiao Di ^a,b   Miao, Wan Ying ^a   Zhang, Dinghong ^a,b   Yao, Haishan ^a   Yu, Xiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GRIA 2 PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; OXYTOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXPERIENCE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VIBRISSA; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXYTOCIN; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84896722269     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3634     Document Type: Article

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