Rundown of somatodendritic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor channels in rat hippocampal neurones: Evidence for a role of the small GTPase RhoA

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1060-1063

  Nörenberg, Wolfgang ^a   Hofmann, Fred ^a   Illes, Peter ^b   Aktories, Klaus ^a   Meyer, Dieter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C2 toxin; C3 toxin; F actin; Hippocampal neurones; Lethal toxin; NMDA receptor channels; RhoA; Rundown

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; DEPOLYMERIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032795907     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702643     Document Type: Article

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