Differences in the Expression of AMPA and NMDA Receptors between Axospinous Perforated and Nonperforated Synapses Are Related to the Configuration and Size of Postsynaptic Densities

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 468, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-95

  Ganeshina, Olga ^a   Berry, Robert W ^a   Petralia, Ronald S ^b   Nicholson, Daniel A ^a   Geinisman, Yuri ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CA1 stratum radiatum; Hippocampus; Postembedding immunogold electron microscopy; Rat; Serial section analyses

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0346780703     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10950     Document Type: Article

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