Excitatory synaptic transmission in neonatal dorsal horn: NMDA and ATP receptors

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-100

  Bardoni, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0035317303     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.2001.16.2.95     Document Type: Article

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