Numbers, densities, and colocalization of AMPA- and NMDA-type glutamate receptors at individual synapses in the superficial spinal dorsal horn of rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 9692-9701

  Antal, Miklós ^a   Fukazawa, Yugo ^d   Eördögh, Mária ^a   Muszil, Dóra ^a   Molnár, Elek ^b   Itakura, Makoto ^c   Takahashi, Masami ^c   Shigemoto, Ryuichi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

GluR1; GluR2; Ionotropic glutamate receptors; Molecular anatomy; NR1; Postsynaptic active zones; SDS FRL

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE FRACTURE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; FREEZE FRACTURING; MALE; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 55749090067     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1551-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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