Valproate-induced neurodevelopmental deficits in Xenopus laevis tadpoles

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3218-3229

  James, Eric J ^a   Gu, Jenny ^a   Ramirez Vizcarrondo, Carolina M ^a   Hasan, Mashfiq ^a   Truszkowski, Torrey L S ^a   Tan, Yuqi ^a   Oupravanh, Phouangmaly M ^a   Khakhalin, Arseny S ^a,b   Aizenman, Carlos D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental; Neural circuit; Valproic acid; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CONVULSANT AGENT; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTISM; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SPIKE; STARTLE REFLEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TADPOLE; TERATOGENESIS; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SEIZURES; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VISION DISORDERS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTICONVULSANTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONVULSANTS; DENDRITES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; REFLEX, STARTLE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SEIZURES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VALPROIC ACID; VISION DISORDERS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84922985401     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4050-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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