Intra-synapse-type and inter-synapse-type relationships between synaptic size and AMPAR expression

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 446-452

  Fukazawa, Yugo ^a,b,c,d   Shigemoto, Ryuichi ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXCITATORY SYNAPSE; FREEZE FRACTURE; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC SIZE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FREEZE FRACTURING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84863470336     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.01.006     Document Type: Review

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