Mutation of the dyslexia-associated gene Dcdc2 enhances glutamatergic synaptic transmission between layer 4 neurons in mouse neocortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3705-3718

  Che, Alicia ^a,b   Truong, Dongnhu T ^a,c   Fitch, R Holly ^a   Lo Turco, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b FEIL FAMILY BRAIN AND MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

glutamate release; NMDA receptor; paired recording; presynaptic; reading disability

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; DCDC2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DCDC2 GENE; DYSLEXIA; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; GLUTAMATERGIC TRANSMISSION; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; WILD TYPE MOUSE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84988385255     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhv168     Document Type: Article

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