Zn2+ ions: Modulators of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic activity

Neuroscientist

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 432-442

  Smart, Trevor G ^a   Hosie, Alastair M ^a   Miller, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamate; Synaptic transmission; Zinc

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CATION; CHELATING AGENT; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; ZINC ION; DIVALENT CATION; ZINC;

BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROSTIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; ISOTOPE LABELING; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; NEURAL INHIBITION; SYNAPSES; ZINC;

EID: 4544236080     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858404263463     Document Type: Review

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