Silent NMDA receptor-mediated synapses are developmentally regulated in the dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 955-962

  Baba, Hiroshi ^a   Doubell, Timothy P ^a   Moore, Kimberly A ^a   Woolf, Clifford J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033962090     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.2.955     Document Type: Article

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