Ionotropic receptors at hippocampal mossy fibers: Roles in axonal excitability, synaptic transmission, and plasticity

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Ruiz, Arnaud J ^a   Kullmann, Dimitri M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 photon microscopy; GABAA; Granule cell; Immunogold; Kainate receptor; Mossy fiber bouton; NMDA receptor; Receptor; Single channel

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REVIEW; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84873254456     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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