Non-NMDA-type glutamate receptors are essential for maturation but not for initial assembly of synapses at Drosophila neuromuscular junctions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 44, 2006, Pages 11267-11277

  Schmid, Andreas ^a   Qin, Gang ^a,d   Wichmann, Carolin ^a,b   Kittel, Robert J ^a   Mertel, Sara ^a   Fouquet, Wernher ^a   Schmidt, Manuela ^a   Heckmann, Manfred ^b   Sigrist, Stephan J ^a,c  

^a EUROPEAN NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Drosophila; Glutamate receptor; NMJ; PSD; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2 A; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2 B; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2 C; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2 D; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2 E; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33750961070     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2722-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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