Nonsynaptic NMDA receptors mediate activity-dependent plasticity of gap junctional coupling in the AII amacrine cell network

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6747-6759

  Wade Kothmann, W ^a,b   Brady Trexler, E ^c   Whitaker, Christopher M ^a   Li, Wei ^d   Massey, Stephen C ^a,b   O'Brien, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALRETININ; CONNEXIN 36; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; KINESIN 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; SERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RABBIT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; BENZAZEPINES; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CONNEXINS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PIPERAZINES; RABBITS; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84861110579     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5087-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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