Glycine uptake governs glycine site occupancy at NMDA receptors of excitatory synapses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3336-3340

  Berger, Albert J ^a,b   Dieudonné, Stéphane ^a   Ascher, Philippe ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032415129     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.6.3336     Document Type: Article

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