Synaptic NMDA receptors in basolateral amygdala principal neurons are triheteromeric proteins: Physiological role of GluN2B subunits

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1391-1402

  Delaney, Andrew J ^a   Sedlak, Petra L ^a   Autuori, Elenora ^a   Power, John M ^a   Sah, Pankaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium; CaMKII; GluN2A; GluN2B; LTP; Memory

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; IFENPRODIL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONS; PIPERIDINES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84874641769     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00176.2012     Document Type: Article

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