Miniature synaptic events maintain dendritic spines via AMPA receptor activation

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-49

  McKinney, R Anne ^a   Capogna, Marco ^c   Dürr, Roland ^a   Gähwiler, Beat H ^a   Thompson, Scott M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Norvatis Inst of Medical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BOTULINUM TOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; BOTULINUM TOXINS; DENDRITES; DENERVATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0033366383     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/4548     Document Type: Article

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