Extrasynaptic glutamate diffusion in the hippocampus: Ultrastructural constraints, uptake, and receptor activation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3158-3170

  Rusakov, Dmitri A ^a,c   Kullmann, Dimitri M ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMPA; Diffusion; Extrasynaptic; NMDA; Spillover; Tortuosity; Transporters

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXOCYTOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0032079863     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-09-03158.1998     Document Type: Article

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