Selective acquisition of AMPA receptors over postnatal development suggests a molecular basis for silent synapses

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-36

  Petralia, R S ^a   Esteban, J A ^b   Wang, Y X ^a   Partridge, J G ^c   Zhao, H M ^a   Wenthold, R J ^a   Malinow, R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033363480     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/4532     Document Type: Article

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