Modulation of extrasynaptic NMDA receptors by synaptic and tonic zinc

Many excitatory synapses contain high levels of mobile zinc within glutamatergic vesicles. Although synaptic zinc and glutamate are coreleased, it is controversial whether zinc diffuses away from the release site or whether it remains bound to presynaptic membranes or proteins after its release. To...

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Main Authors: Anderson, Charles T., Radford, Robert J., Zhang, Daniel Y., Apfel, Ulf-Peter, Lippard, Stephen J., Tzounopoulos, Thanos, Zastrow, Melissa
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100585
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2693-4982
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1577-2420
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5910-6948