Number and density of AMPA receptors in individual synapses in the rat cerebellum as revealed by SDS-digested freeze-fracture replica labeling

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2135-2144

  Masugi Tokita, Miwako ^a,b,g   Tarusawa, Etsuko ^a,b,c   Watanabe, Masahiko ^d   Molnár, Elek ^e   Fujimoto, Kazushi ^f   Shigemoto, Ryuichi ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 receptor; AMPA receptor; Cerebellum; Electron microscopy; Glutamate receptor; Purkinje cell; SDS freeze fracture replica labeling; Synapse

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREEZE FRACTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBELLUM; FREEZE FRACTURING; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; REPLICA TECHNIQUES; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SYNAPSES; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 33847208808     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2861-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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