The Number of Glutamate Receptors Opened by Synaptic Stimulation in Single Hippocampal Spines

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2054-2064

  Nimchinsky, Esther A ^a,b   Yasuda, Ryohei ^a   Oertner, Thomas G ^a,c   Svoboda, Karel ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2 photon; Calcium imaging; NMDA receptor; Saturation; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGING; MODEL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RECORDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1442300133     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5066-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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