Glycine site of NMDA receptor serves as a spatiotemporal detector of synaptic activity patterns

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 578-589

  Li, Yan ^a,b   Krupa, Boris ^a   Kang, Jian Sheng ^a   Bolshakov, Vadim Y ^b   Liu, Guosong ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; SERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPHYSICS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIDOCAINE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN; VALINE;

EID: 67649618956     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91342.2008     Document Type: Article

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