Immunogold localization of AMPA and NMDA receptors in somatic sensory cortex of albino rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 412, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 292-302

  Kharazia, V N ^a   Weinberg, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colocalization; Glutamate; Poisson; Silent synapses; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; GOLD; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033588814     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990920)412:2<292::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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