NMDA receptor activation strengthens weak electrical coupling in mammalian brain

Neuron

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1375-1388

  Turecek, Josef ^a   Yuen, Genevieve S ^b   Han, Victor Z ^c   Zeng, Xiao Hui ^c   Bayer, K Ulrich ^d   Welsh, John P ^c,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CALCIUM; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRICAL COUPLING; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GAP JUNCTION; INFERIOR OLIVE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RAT; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; MAMMAL CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; GAP JUNCTIONS; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84896272719     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.01.024     Document Type: Article

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