Kainate-receptor-mediated sensory synaptic transmission in mammalian spinal cord

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6715, 1999, Pages 161-164

  Li, Ping ^a   Wilding, Timothy J ^b   Kim, Susan J ^a   Calejesan, Amelita A ^a   Huettner, James E ^b   Zhuo, Min ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; RATS; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033552931     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16469     Document Type: Article

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