Different modes of expression of AMPA and NMDA receptors in hippocampal synapses

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 618-624

  Takumi, Yutaka ^a,b   Ramírez León, Vania ^a,c   Laake, Petter ^a   Rinvik, Eric ^a   Ottersen, Ole P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0342375000     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/10172     Document Type: Article

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