Modification of NMDA receptor channels and synaptic transmission by targeted disruption of the NR2C gene

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5014-5025

  Ebralidze, Alexander K ^a   Rossi, David J ^b,c   Tonegawa, Susumu ^a   Slater, N Traverse ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebellum; gene knockout; granule cells; NMDA receptors; patch clamp; synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GRANULE CELL; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029761783     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-16-05014.1996     Document Type: Article

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