Distinct structural and ionotropic roles of NMDA receptors in controlling spine and synapse stability

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 28, 2007, Pages 7365-7376

  Alvarez, Veronica A ^a   Ridenour, Dennis A ^a   Sabatini, Bernardo L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPAR; Dendritic spines; Hippocampus; NMDAR; NR1 splice variants; Synapse stability

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENSITY; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPINE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 34447502225     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0956-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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