Light-evoked NMDA receptor-mediated currents are reduced by blocking D-serine synthesis in the salamander retina

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-244

  Stevens, Eric R ^a   Gustafson, Eric C ^a   Sullivan, Steven J ^a   Esguerra, Manuel ^a   Miller, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

D serine; Ganglion cells; Glia; NMDA receptors; Retina; Serine racemase

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO SERINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE; SULFATE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELIAC GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHENAZINES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SERINE;

EID: 76849093328     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833313b7     Document Type: Article

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