Synaptic and extrasynaptic roles of glutamate in the mammalian hippocampus

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-83

  Kullmann, Dimitri M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

HIPPOCAMPUS; MAMMAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032970519     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.1999.00546.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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