Mechanical coupling maintains the fidelity of NMDA receptor-mediated currents

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 914-922

  Kazi, Rashek ^a,b   Dai, Jian ^c   Sweeney, Cameron ^a,d   Zhou, Huan Xiang ^c   Wollmuth, Lonnie P ^a,d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Florida State University   (United States)

^d Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; THERMODYNAMICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EMBRYO; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEL MUTATION; ION CURRENT; ISOMERIZATION; LATENT PERIOD; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STEADY STATE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84903393500     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3724     Document Type: Article

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