NMDA receptors with incomplete Mg 2+ block enable low-frequency transmission through the cerebellar cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6878-6893

  Schwartz, Eric J ^a   Rothman, Jason S ^b   Dugue, Guillaume P ^a   Diana, Marco ^a   Rousseau, Charly ^a   Angus Silver, R ^b   Dieudonne, Stephane ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3, 5 DIHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCINE; AMPA RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CEREBELLAR MOSSY FIBER; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GRANULE CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLYCINE; MAGNESIUM; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RESORCINOLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84861148318     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5736-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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