NMDA and non-NMDA receptors are co-localized at excitatory synapses of rat hypoglossal motoneurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-8

  O'Brien, Jennifer A ^a   Isaacson, Jeffry S ^a   Berger, Albert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slice; EPSC; Glutamate; Motoneuron; N Methyl D aspartate (NMDA); Spontaneous mini

Indexed keywords

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

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0030923691     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00293-0     Document Type: Article

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