Contribution of NR2B subunits to synaptic transmission in amygdaloid interneurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2549-2556

  Szinyei, Csaba ^a   Stork, Oliver ^a   Pape, Hans Christian ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Interneuron; Lateral amygdala; NMDA receptors; NR2B subunit; Projection neuron

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6,7 DINITROXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; BENZYL[3 [[1 (3,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO] 2 HYDROXYPROPYL]PHOSPHINIC ACID; IFENPRODIL; MAGNESIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0037388398     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-07-02549.2003     Document Type: Article

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