Increased NMDA current and spine density in mice lacking the NMDA receptor subunit NR3A
Das S, Sasaki Y, Rothe T, Premkumar L, Takasu M, Crandall J, Dikkes P, Conner D, Rayudu P, Cheung W, Chen H, Lipton S, Nakanishi N. Increased NMDA current and spine density in mice lacking the NMDA receptor subunit NR3A. Nature 1998, 393: 377-381. PMID: 9620802, DOI: 10.1038/30748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNMDA receptorsReceptor subunit NR1Synaptic refinementSpine densityNMDA receptor subunit NR3ANMDA responsesNMDA subclassSmall unitary conductanceNMDAR activitySubunit NR1NMDAR subunitsCerebrocortical neuronsDendritic spinesSynaptic plasticityNR1 subunitMice resultsSingle-channel recordingsGenetic knockoutSynaptic elementsHeteromultimeric channelsNR1NR3AXenopus oocytesUnitary conductanceNMDA