Glycine-receptor activation is required for receptor clustering in spinal neurons

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6677, 1998, Pages 717-720

  Kirsch, J ^a   Betz, H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GEPHYRIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RECEPTOR AGGREGATION; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SPINAL NERVES; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032537056     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/33694     Document Type: Article

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