NMDA receptor-mediated calcium entry in the absence of AMPA receptor activation in rat dorsal horn neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 17-20

  Reichling, David B ^a,c   MacDermott, Amy B ^a,b  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid; Glutamate; Indo 1; Magnesium; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0030055816     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12305-3     Document Type: Article

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