Organization, Control and function of extrasynaptic NMDA receptors

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1654, 2014, Pages

  Papouin, Thomas ^a   Oliet, Stéphane H R ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

D serine; Excitotoxicity; Glycine; NMDA receptors; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TOXICITY;

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN; NR2B NMDA RECEPTOR;

AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; NEUROTOXINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84907225984     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0601     Document Type: Review

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