Synaptic calcium transients in single spines indicate that NMDA receptors are not saturated

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6732, 1999, Pages 151-155

  Mainen, Zachary F ^a   Malinow, Roberto ^a   Svoboda, Karei ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DENDRITES; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033551327     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20187     Document Type: Article

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