NMDA Receptor Function and Physiological Modulation

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1157-1164

  Zito, K ^a   Scheuss, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; Coincidence detection; EPSC; EPSP; Glutamate; Ion channel; Ligand gated; LTD; LTP; Magnesium; Neurotransmitter; NMDA; STDP; Synaptic integration; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879187115     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01225-0     Document Type: Chapter

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