The development of excitatory synapses in cultured spinal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 7339-7350

  O'Brien, Richard J ^a   Mammen, Andrew L ^a   Blackshaw, Seth ^a   Ehlers, Michael D ^a   Rothstein, Jeffrey D ^a   Huganir, Richard L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GluR1; Glutamate receptors; Glutamate transporter; Rat; Spinal cord; Synaptogenesis; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SYNAPSIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0030841538     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-19-07339.1997     Document Type: Article

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