Optogenetic examination of prefrontal-amygdala synaptic development

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2976-2985

  Arruda Carvalho, Maithe ^a,b   Wu, Wan Chen ^a   Cummings, Kirstie A ^a   Clem, Roger L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Amygdala; Prefrontal development

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLAUSTRUM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANCY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUTAMEN; REUNIENS NUCLEUS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGENESIS; OPTOGENETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SYNAPSES; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 85015288235     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3097-16.2017     Document Type: Article

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