The glutamate receptor 2 subunit controls post-synaptic density complexity and spine shape in the dentate gyrus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-325

  Medvedev, Nikolay I ^a   Rodríguez Arellano, José J ^a,b   Popov, Victor I ^a,c   Davies, Heather A ^a   Tigaret, Cezar M ^d,e   Schoepfer, Ralf ^d   Stewart, Michael G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Bordeaux   (France)

Author keywords

AMPA receptors; Dendritic spines; Glutamate receptor 2 knock out mice; Synapses; Three dimensional reconstructions; Ultrathin serial sections

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 38349162539     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.06005.x     Document Type: Article

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