NMDA receptor blockade in intact adult cortex increases trafficking of NR2A subunits into spines, postsynaptic densities, and axon terminals

Brain Research

Volumn 963, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 139-149

  Aoki, Chiye ^a   Fujisawa, Sho ^a   Mahadomrongkul, Veera ^a   Shah, Priti J ^a   Nader, Karim ^b   Erisir, Alev ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependent; Electron microscopy; NMDA receptor; NR2A; Synaptic plasticity; Trafficking; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ENANTIOMER; HEMISPHERE; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TIME;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPIL; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037435938     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03962-8     Document Type: Article

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