The effects of NR2 subunit-dependent NMDA receptor kinetics on synaptic transmission and CaMKII activation

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Santucci, David M ^a,b   Raghavachari, Sridhar ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENZYMES; PROBABILITY;

ACID RECEPTORS; ASPARTIC ACIDS; DIVERGENTS; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL RECEPTORS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATIONS; RECEPTOR KINETICS; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; ISOPROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 55449098815     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000208     Document Type: Article

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