NMDA receptors amplify calcium influx into dendritic spines during associative pre- And postsynaptic activation

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 114-118

  Schiller, Jackie ^a,c   Schiller, Yitzhak ^a,d   Clapham, David E ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(CARBOXY 2 NITROBENZYL)GLUTAMIC ACID; (CARBOXY-2-NITROBENZYL)GLUTAMIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOSOME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMIC ACID; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032082476     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/363     Document Type: Article

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