Mechanisms of Functional Hypoconnectivity in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex of Mecp2 Null Mice

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1938-1956

  Sceniak, Michael P ^a   Lang, Min ^a   Enomoto, Addison C ^a   James Howell, C ^a   Hermes, Douglas J ^a   Katz, David M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA; E I balance; EPSC; Fluo 4 AM; GABA; IPSC; MeCP2; medial prefrontal cortex; NMDA; Rett syndrome; synaptic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PARVALBUMIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; AMPA RECEPTOR; GPRIN1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MECP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; VIAAT PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE; GENOTYPE; MECP2 GENE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; WILD TYPE MOUSE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BREATHING; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETICS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RETT SYNDROME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RESPIRATION; RETT SYNDROME; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84965160952     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhv002     Document Type: Article

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