Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors control metaplasticity of spinal cord learning through a protein kinase C-dependent mechanism

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 46, 2008, Pages 11939-11949

  Ferguson, Adam R ^a,e   Bolding, Kevin A ^b   Huie, J Russell ^c   Hook, Michelle A ^c   Santillano, Daniel R ^d   Miranda, Rajesh C ^d   Grau, James W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA; NMDA; Nociception; Spinal cord injury; Spinal learning; Use dependent plasticity

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 58149345560     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3098-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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