NMDA EPSCs at glutamatergic synapses in the spinal cord dorsal horn of the postnatal rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 6558-6567

  Bardoni, Rita ^a   Magherini, Pier Cosimo ^a   MacDermott, Amy B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Dorsal horn; NMDA receptor; Pure NMDA synapse; Spinal cord; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

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

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0032529597     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-16-06558.1998     Document Type: Article

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