GABAergic synapses: Their plasticity and role in sensory cortex

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Griffen, Trevor C ^a,b   Maffei, Arianna ^a,b  

^a SUNY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Inhibition; Inhibitory neurons; Sensory cortex; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MUSCIMOL; PARVALBUMIN; PICROTOXIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; ZOLPIDEM;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CELL MATURATION; COMPUTER MODEL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84897070686     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00091     Document Type: Review

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