Separating dual effects of zinc at recombinant N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-12

  Williams, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloned subunits; N methyl D aspartate; Xenopus oocyte; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030606839     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)12924-4     Document Type: Article

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