Silent synapses in developing rat nucleus tractus solitarii have AMPA receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4624-4634

  Balland, Bénédicte ^a,b   Lachamp, Philippe ^a,c   Kessler, Jean Pierre ^a   Tell, Fabien ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA; Brainstem; Development; Glutamate; Silent synapses; Spillover

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BSN PROTEIN, RAT; NERVE PROTEIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 44649196647     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5355-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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