Glutamatergic synapse formation is promoted by α7-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7651-7661

  Lozada, Adrian F ^a   Wang, Xulong ^a   Gounko, Natalia V ^a,b   Massey, Kerri A ^a,c   Duan, Jingjing ^a,d   Liu, Zhaoping ^a,e   Berg, Darwin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e IntelliCyt Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUANYLATE KINASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURITES; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRIDAZINES; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84861650934     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6246-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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