GluN2A-/- Mice Lack Bidirectional Synaptic Plasticity in the Dentate Gyrus and Perform Poorly on Spatial Pattern Separation Tasks

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2102-2113

  Kannangara, Timal S ^a,b,c   Eadie, Brennan D ^a,b,c   Bostrom, Crystal A ^a   Morch, Kristin ^a   Brocardo, Patricia S ^a   Christie, Brian R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

dentate gyrus; long term depression; long term potentiation; N methyl D aspartate; NR2A

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; N-METHYL D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR SUBTYPE 2A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; DENDRITE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME PERCEPTION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME PERCEPTION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84938634602     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu017     Document Type: Article

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