Receptor saturation controls short-term synaptic plasticity at corticothalamic synapses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2319-2329

  Sun, Yan Gang ^a   Beierlein, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Desensitization; Facilitation; Low affinity antagonist; Receptor occupancy

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GAMMA DEXTRO GLUTAMYLGLYCINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTHALAMIC SYNAPSE; DESENSITIZATION; FACILITATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79956269306     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00942.2010     Document Type: Article

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