NR2B-containing receptors mediate cross talk among hippocampal synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4767-4777

  Scimemi, Annalisa ^a   Fine, Alan ^b   Kullmann, Dimitri M ^a   Rusakov, Dmitri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Hippocampus; NMDA receptors; NR2B; Spillover; Synapse

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOPROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECORDING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 2442711477     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0364-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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