Functional and structural deficits at accumbens synapses in a mouse model of Fragile X

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Neuhofer, Daniela ^a,b,c   Henstridge, Christopher M ^d   Dudok, Barna ^d,e   Sepers, Marja ^f   Lassalle, Olivier ^a,b,c   Katona, István ^d   Manzoni, Olivier J ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Turing Center for Living Systems CENTURI Aix Marseille University   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accumbens; Autism; Dendritic spines; Fragile X; Spike timing dependent plasticity; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLASTICITY; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84929580020     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00100     Document Type: Article

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