NMDA receptor content of synapses in stratum radiatum of the hippocampal CA1 area

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2512-2522

  Racca, Claudia ^a,d   Stephenson, F Anne ^b   Streit, Peter ^c   Roberts, J David B ^a   Somogyi, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Electron microscopy; Glutamate receptor; Hippocampus; Immunocytochemistry; NMDA receptor; Spine; Spine apparatus

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0034175501     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-07-02512.2000     Document Type: Article

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