Regional specificity of GABAergic regulation of cross-modal plasticity in mouse visual cortex after unilateral enucleation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 11174-11189

  Nys, Julie ^a   Smolders, Katrien ^a   Laramée, Marie Eve ^a   Hofman, Isabel ^a   Hu, Tjing Tjing ^a   Arckens, Lutgarde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Cortical plasticity; Dark exposure; GABAA receptor; In situ hybridization; Multimodal

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NF E2 P45 SUBUNIT; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; EGR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INDIPLON; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; BENZODIAZEPINES; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; MALE; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, GABA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THIOPHENES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84939186860     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3808-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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