NR2A subunit of the N-methyl d-aspartate receptors are required for potentiation at the mossy fiber to granule cell synapse and vestibulo-cerebellar motor learning

Neuroscience

Volumn 176, Issue , 2011, Pages 274-283

  Andreescu, C E ^a   Prestori, F ^b,c   Brandalise, F ^b   D'Errico, A ^b   De Jeu, M T G ^a   Rossi, P ^b   Botta, L ^b   Kohr, G ^d   Perin, P ^b   D'Angelo, E ^b,e   De Zeeuw, C I ^a,f  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia ^*  (Italy)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; LTP; Motor learning; NMDA receptor; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GRANULE CELL; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PURKINJE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79851511978     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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