Assembly and plasticity of the glutamatergic postsynaptic specialization

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-118

  McGee, Aaron W ^a   Bredt, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GUANYLATE KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037320688     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(03)00008-4     Document Type: Review

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