Cell-Specific Regulation of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Maturation by Mecp2 in Cortical Circuits

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 746-754

  Mierau, Susanna B ^a,b   Patrizi, Annarita ^a   Hensch, Takao K ^a,c   Fagiolini, Michela ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; GluN2A; GluN2B; Parvalbumin; Rett syndrome; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; MECP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; N-METHYL D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR SUBTYPE 2A; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RETT SYNDROME; SYNAPSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISUAL CORTEX; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PARVALBUMINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84994823060     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.05.018     Document Type: Article

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