Roles of Presynaptic NMDA Receptors in Neurotransmission and Plasticity

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 26-39

  Banerjee, Abhishek ^a,e   Larsen, Rylan S ^b   Philpot, Benjamin D ^c   Paulsen, Ole ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortex; Development; NMDA receptors; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC;

EID: 84952803322     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2015.11.001     Document Type: Review

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