MeCP2 regulates the timing of critical period plasticity that shapes functional connectivity in primary visual cortex

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 34, 2015, Pages E4782-E4791

  Krishnan, Keerthi ^a   Wang, Bor Shuen ^a,b   Lu, Jiangteng ^a   Wang, Lang ^c   Maffei, Arianna ^c   Cang, Jianhua ^b   Huang, Z Josh ^a  

^a Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical period plasticity; MeCP2; Parvalbumin interneurons; Rett syndrome; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; PARVALBUMIN; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; MECP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RETT SYNDROME; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTOSOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; ANIMAL; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84940554712     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506499112     Document Type: Article

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