Glutamate receptor gating

Critical Reviews in Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-224

  Erreger, Kevin ^a,c   Chen, Philip E ^b   Wyllie, David J A ^b   Traynelis, Stephen F ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c 5062 Rollins Research Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA; Gating; Ion channel; Kainate; Kinetics; NMDA

Indexed keywords

5 IODOWILLARDIINE; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; ANIRACETAM; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCINEURIN; CYCLOTHIAZIDE; CYSTEIC ACID; DOMOIC ACID; DYSIHERBAINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 5; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 6; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 7; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; KYNURENIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; QUISQUALIC ACID; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; LIGANDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 14644405595     PISSN: 08920915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevNeurobiol.v16.i3.10     Document Type: Review

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