Altered sensory processing and dendritic remodeling in hyperexcitable visual cortical networks

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2919-2936

  Vannini, Eleonora ^a,b   Restani, Laura ^a   Pietrasanta, Marta ^a,b   Panarese, Alessandro ^a,c   Mazzoni, Alberto ^c   Rossetto, Ornella ^d   Middei, Silvia ^a   Micera, Silvestro ^c,e   Caleo, Matteo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Epilepsy; Spontaneous activity; Tetanus neurotoxin; Visual acuity; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; SYNAPTOBREVIN 2; TETANUS TOXIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; METALLOPROTEINASE; TETANOSPASMIN; VESICLE-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM; UPREGULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; TETANUS TOXIN; UP-REGULATION; VESICLE-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84976321043     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1080-1     Document Type: Article

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