The role of nitric oxide in pre-synaptic plasticity and homeostasis

N Hardingham, J Dachtler, K Fox - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Since the observation that nitric oxide (NO) can act as an intercellular messenger in the
brain, the past 25 years have witnessed the steady accumulation of evidence that it acts pre …

The glutamatergic system in primary somatosensory neurons and its involvement in sensory input-dependent plasticity

J Fernández-Montoya, C Avendaño… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Glutamate is the most common neurotransmitter in both the central and the peripheral
nervous system. Glutamate is present in all types of neurons in sensory ganglia, and is …

CCR5 is a suppressor for cortical plasticity and hippocampal learning and memory

M Zhou, S Greenhill, S Huang, TK Silva, Y Sano, S Wu… - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
Although the role of CCR5 in immunity and in HIV infection has been studied widely, its role
in neuronal plasticity, learning and memory is not understood. Here, we report that …

Regulation of brain glutamate metabolism by nitric oxide and S-nitrosylation

K Raju, PT Doulias, P Evans, EN Krizman… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
Nitric oxide (NO) is a signaling intermediate during glutamatergic neurotransmission in the
central nervous system (CNS). NO signaling is in part accomplished through cysteine S …

Nitric oxide in the nervous system: biochemical, developmental, and neurobiological aspects

M Cossenza, R Socodato, CC Portugal, ICL Domith… - Vitamins & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) is a very reactive molecule, and its short half-life would make it virtually
invisible until its discovery. NO activates soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC), increasing 3′, 5 …

Somatosensory maps

S Harding-Forrester, DE Feldman - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Somatosensory areas containing topographic maps of the body surface are a major feature
of parietal cortex. In primates, parietal cortex contains four somatosensory areas, each with …

Modulation of AMPA receptors by nitric oxide in nerve cells

VO Ivanova, PM Balaban, NV Bal - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nitric oxide (NO) is a gaseous molecule with a large number of functions in living tissue. In
the brain, NO participates in numerous intracellular mechanisms, including synaptic …

Ionotropic glutamate receptors: which ones, when, and where in the mammalian neocortex

M Hadzic, A Jack, P Wahle - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A multitude of 18 iGluR receptor subunits, many of which are diversified by
splicing and RNA editing, localize to> 20 excitatory and inhibitory neocortical neuron types …

Time-course and mechanisms of homeostatic plasticity in layers 2/3 and 5 of the barrel cortex

S Glazewski, S Greenhill, K Fox - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Recent studies have shown that ocular dominance plasticity in layer 2/3 of the visual cortex
exhibits a form of homeostatic plasticity that is related to synaptic scaling and depends on …

The intercalated nuclear complex of the primate amygdala

B Zikopoulos, YJ John, MÁ García-Cabezas, JG Bunce… - Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
The organization of the inhibitory intercalated cell masses (IM) of the primate amygdala is
largely unknown despite their key role in emotional processes. We studied the structural …