Spatial compartmentalization of AMPA glutamate receptor subunits at the calyx of held synapse

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-174

  Hermida, Diana ^a,b   Mateos, José María ^a   Elezgarai, Izaskun ^b   Puente, Nagore ^b   Bilbao, Aurora ^b   Bueno López, José Luis ^b   Streit, Peter ^a   Grandes, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Electron microscopy; Ionotropic glutamate receptor; Postembedding immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 77449108844     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22189     Document Type: Article

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