Altered intrinsic and network properties of neocortical neurons in the Ts65Dn mouse model of down syndrome

Physiological Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Cramer, Nathan P ^a   Xu, Xiufen ^a   Haydar, Tarik F ^b   Galdzicki, Zygmunt ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Electrophysiology; Neocortex; Network; Sensory; Trisomy; Ts65Dn; Up states

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENOTYPE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PLOIDY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRISOMY;

EID: 85005995805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12655     Document Type: Article

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