NMDA receptor-mediated subthreshold Ca2+ signals in spines of hippocampal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1791-1799

  Kovalchuk, Yury ^a,b   Eilers, Jens ^a   Lisman, John ^a,c   Konnerth, Arthur ^a,b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channels; Ca2+ stores; Confocal microscopy; CPA; Dendritic spines; Hippocampus; NMDA; Ryanodine; Subthreshold Ca2+ signals

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RYANODINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034161294     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-05-01791.2000     Document Type: Article

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