Developmental increase in vesicular glutamate content does not cause saturation of AMPA receptors at the calyx of Held synapse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 3633-3638

  Yamashita, Takayuki ^a   Ishikawa, Taro ^a   Takahashi, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Calyx of Held; Postnatal development; Quantal EPSCs; Receptor saturation; Vesicular transmitter content

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CALYX OF HELD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; AGE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0038206589     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-09-03633.2003     Document Type: Article

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