Receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 952-962

  Collingridge, Graham L ^a,b   Isaac, John T R ^a,c   Yu, Tian Wang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 9944252377     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1556     Document Type: Review

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