Fast NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic currents in neurons from mice lacking the ε2 (NR2B) subunit

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 616-620

  Tovar, Kenneth R ^a   Sprouffske, Kathleen ^a   Westbrook, Gary L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ENZYME; GLYCINE; POLYLYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033966834     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.1.616     Document Type: Article

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