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. (Author), Radford, Robert J. (Contributor), Zhang, Daniel Y. (Contributor), Apfel, Ulf-Peter (Contributor), Lippard, Stephen J. (Contributor), Tzounopoulos, Thanos (Author), Zastrow, Melissa (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2016-01-04T18:10:03Z.
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