Ontogeny of biochemical, morphological and functional parameters of synaptogenesis in primary cultures of rat hippocampal and cortical neurons

Molecular Brain

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Harrill, Joshua A ^a,c   Chen, Hao ^b   Streifel, Karin M ^b   Yang, Dongren ^b   Mundy, William R ^a   Lein, Pamela J ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH)   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical neurons; Excitatory synapses; Hippocampal neurons; Inhibitory synapses; Primary neuronal cel cultures; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIGH CONTENT IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONAL CULTURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROELECTRODES; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 84924171530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17566606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13041-015-0099-9     Document Type: Article

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