Retina-driven dephosphorylation of the NR2A subunit correlates with faster NMDA receptor kinetics at developing retinocollicular synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 49, 2004, Pages 11098-11107

  Townsend, Matthew ^a   Liu, Yudong ^b   Constantine Paton, Martha ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; Development; NMDA; Plasticity; Superior colliculus; Visual

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; HOMEOSTASIS; KINETICS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SYNAPSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CALCINEURIN; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SERINE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 10944235918     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1207-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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