NMDA receptor activity determines neuronal fate: Location or number?

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-47

  Zhou, Xianju ^a   Chen, Zhouyou ^a   Yun, Wenwei ^a   Wang, Hongbing ^b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Excitotoxicity; Extrasynaptic NMDAR; Neuronal fate; Synaptic NMDAR

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURONAL FATE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84929086758     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2014-0053     Document Type: Article

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