Plasticity gets sex-specific | Nature Reviews Neuroscience

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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Nitric oxide synthase 1 (NOS1) has roles in different forms of plasticity. A NOS1 isoform, NOS1α, also plays a part in stroke by contributing to ischaemic damage. As this pathophysioloigcal effect is greater in males than in females, the authors tested whether the role of NOS1α in plasticity is also sex-specific. Male NOS1α-null mice showed no long-term potentiation (LTP) between barrel columns and reduced experienced-dependent potentiation (EDP) in the barrel cortex. By contrast, LTP and EDP in the barrel cortex could be detected in NOS1α-null female mice, indicating that neocortical plasticity mechanisms may show sex-specific differences. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 12 print issues and online access $189.00 per year only $15.75 per issue Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER * Dachtler, J., Hardingham, N. R. & Fox, K. The role of nitric oxide synthase in cortical plasticity is sex specific. _J. Neurosci._ 32, 14994–14999 (2012) Article  CAS  Google Scholar  Download references Authors * Darran Yates View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Yates, D. Plasticity gets sex-specific. _Nat Rev Neurosci_ 13, 817 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3401 Download citation * Published: 20 November 2012 * Issue Date: December 2012 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3401 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Nitric oxide synthase 1 (NOS1) has roles in different forms of plasticity. A NOS1 isoform, NOS1α, also plays a part in stroke by contributing


to ischaemic damage. As this pathophysioloigcal effect is greater in males than in females, the authors tested whether the role of NOS1α in plasticity is also sex-specific. Male NOS1α-null


mice showed no long-term potentiation (LTP) between barrel columns and reduced experienced-dependent potentiation (EDP) in the barrel cortex. By contrast, LTP and EDP in the barrel cortex


could be detected in NOS1α-null female mice, indicating that neocortical plasticity mechanisms may show sex-specific differences. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your


institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 12 print issues and online access $189.00 per year only $15.75 per issue Learn more Buy this


article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in


* Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER * Dachtler, J., Hardingham, N. R. & Fox, K. The role of nitric oxide synthase


in cortical plasticity is sex specific. _J. Neurosci._ 32, 14994–14999 (2012) Article  CAS  Google Scholar  Download references Authors * Darran Yates View author publications You can also


search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Yates, D. Plasticity gets sex-specific. _Nat Rev Neurosci_


13, 817 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3401 Download citation * Published: 20 November 2012 * Issue Date: December 2012 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3401 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone


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