Post-synaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate signalling in hippocampal neurons of rat: Spillover increases the impact of each spike in a short burst discharge

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 60-63

  Grebenyuk, Sergei E ^a   Lozovaya, Natasha A ^a   Tsintsadze, Timur S ^a   Krishtal, Oleg A ^a  

^a BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Burst discharge; CA3 CA1 synapses; Extrasynaptic receptors; Hippocampus; N Methyl D aspartate receptors; Spillover

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2342557257     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.02.040     Document Type: Article

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