α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Occur at Postsynaptic Densities of AMPA Receptor-Positive and -Negative Excitatory Synapses in Rat Sensory Cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 5001-5015

  Levy, Robert B ^a   Aoki, Chiye ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Early postnatal development; Electron microscopy; Glutamate; Immunocytochemistry; NMDA receptor; Postsynaptic density; Receptive field properties; Sensory cortex; Synaptic plasticity; 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ISOPROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037096306     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-12-05001.2002     Document Type: Article

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