On the role of glutamate in presynaptic development: Possible contributions of presynaptic NMDA receptors

Biomolecules

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3448-3466

  Fedder, Karlie N ^a   Sabo, Shasta L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate; NMDA; Presynaptic; Synapse formation; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN GLUN1; PROTEIN GLUN2; PROTEIN GLUN3; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANXIETY; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SYNAPSES;

EID: 85012101514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2218273X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biom5043448     Document Type: Review

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