Diversity of glutamatergic synaptic strength in lateral prefrontal versus primary visual cortices in the rhesus monkey

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 112-127

  Medalla, Maria ^a   Luebke, Jennifer I ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; GluR2; Glutamate; Layers 2 3 pyramidal neurons; Macaca mulatta; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC STRENGTH; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84920548047     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3426-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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