The NMDAR1 subunit of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor is localized at postsynaptic sites opposite both retinal and cortical terminals in the cat superior colliculus

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-53

  Mize, R Ranney ^a   Butler, Grace D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticocollicular pathway; Glutamate; Immunocytochemistry; Receptor localization; Retinocollicular pathway

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL TYPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; DENDRITES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034073859     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800171044     Document Type: Article

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