Molecular organization of a type of peripheral glutamate synapse: The afferent synapses of hair cells in the inner ear

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-148

  Ottersen, Ole P ^a   Takumi, Yutaka ^a,b   Matsubara, Atsushi ^b   Landsend, Alf S ^a   Laake, Jon H ^a   Usami, Shin ichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INNER EAR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0032008180     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0082(97)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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