Homer-1a/Vesl-1S enhances hippocampal synaptic transmission

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 811-819

  Hennou, Sonia ^a   Kato, Akihiko ^b   Schneider, Edith M ^a   Lundstrom, Kenneth ^c   Gähwiler, Beat H ^a   Inokuchi, Kaoru ^d   Gerber, Urs ^a   Ehrengruber, Markus U ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Regulon Inc   (Switzerland)

^d MITSUBISHI KAGAKU INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e Kantonsschule Hohe Promenade   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Excitatory postsynaptic current; Gene transfer; Rat; Semliki Forest virus; Slice culture

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CELL PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN HOMER 1A; PROTEIN VESL 1S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE TRANSFER; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPEPTIDES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0042318659     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02812.x     Document Type: Article

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