Layer-specific cholinergic control of human and mouse cortical synaptic plasticity

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Verhoog, Matthijs B ^a   Obermayer, Joshua ^a   Kortleven, Christian A ^a   Wilbers, René ^a   Wester, Jordi ^a   Baayen, Johannes C ^b   De Kock, Christiaan P J ^a   Meredith, Rhiannon M ^a   Mansvelder, Huibert D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINE;

BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN; RODENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNEURON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

MUS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NICOTINE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84986573102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12826     Document Type: Article

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