Organization of AMPA receptor subunits at a glutamate synapse: A quantitative immunogold analysis of hair cell synapses in the rat organ of corti

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4457-4467

  Matsubara, Atsushi ^a,b   Laake, Jon H ^a   Davanger, Svend ^a   Usami, Shin Ichi ^b   Ottersen, Ole P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMPA; immunocytochemistry; immunogold; organ of Corti; pre and postsynaptic receptors; rat; silver enhancement

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029900136     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-14-04457.1996     Document Type: Article

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