Involvement of the GluN2A and GluN2B subunits in synaptic and extrasynaptic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor function and neuronal excitotoxicity

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 24151-24159

  Zhou, Xianju ^a,b   Ding, Qi ^a   Chen, Zhuoyou ^b   Yun, Huifang ^b   Wang, Hongbing ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITOTOXICITY; N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR; NEURONAL SIGNALING;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY;

NEURONS;

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DOWN REGULATION; EXCITOTOXICITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; UPREGULATION;

CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DEATH; CREB; EXCITOTOXICITY; GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS IONOTROPIC (AMPA, NMDA); NEURODEGENERATION; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DEATH; CELL HYPOXIA; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; OXYGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84882296707     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.482000     Document Type: Article

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