RasGRF2 Rac-GEF activity couples NMDA receptor calcium flux to enhanced synaptic transmission

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 14462-14467

  Schwechter, Brandon ^a   Rosenmund, Christian ^a,b,c   Tolias, Kimberley F ^a,b  

^a Department of Neuroscience ^*  (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; LTP; Rho GTPase; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RAC PROTEIN; RAS SPECIFIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE RELEASING FACTOR 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMPA RECEPTOR; LTP; RHO GTPASE; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; RAS GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84883437410     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1304340110     Document Type: Article

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