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Expression of 15 Glutamate Receptor Subunits and Various Splice Variants in Tissue Slices and Single Neurons of Brainstem Nuclei and Potential Functional Implications

  1. I. Paarmann,
  2. D. Frermann,
  3. B. U. Keller,
  4. M. Hollmann

Article first published online: 18 JAN 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0741335.x

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Journal of Neurochemistry

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volume 74, Issue 4, pages 1335–1345, April 2000

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Paarmann, I., Frermann, D., Keller, B. U. and Hollmann, M. (2000), Expression of 15 Glutamate Receptor Subunits and Various Splice Variants in Tissue Slices and Single Neurons of Brainstem Nuclei and Potential Functional Implications. Journal of Neurochemistry, 74: 1335–1345. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0741335.x

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* Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. M. Hollmann at Glutamate Receptor Laboratory, Max-Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine Hermann-Rein Strasse 3, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany. E-mail: Hollmann@mail.mpiem.gwdg.de

  1. Abbreviations used: AMPA, α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid; IO, inferior olive, KA, kainate; NH, nucleus hypoglossus; NR, NMDA receptor; NTS, nucleus tractus solitarius; PBC, pre-Bötzinger complex.

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