Excitatory synaptic transmission persists independently of the glutamate-glutamine cycle

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 34, 2007, Pages 9192-9200

  Kam, Kaiwen ^a,b,c   Nicoll, Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CA1; Glutamate glutamine cycle; Glutamine synthetase; Hippocampus; Synaptic transmission; System A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34548178798     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1198-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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