NMDA:

H Monyer1, R Sprengel, R Schoepfer

  • 1Center for Molecular Biology, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 22, 1992
PubMed
まとめ

研究者らは,ネズミの脳で新しいN-メチルD-アスパルテート (NMDA) 受容体サブユニット (NR2A,NR2B,NR2C) を発見した. これらのサブユニットは,NR1サブユニットと結合した場合のみ,機能的なNMDA受容体を形成し,ニューロン内の多様な受容体サブタイプを示唆します.

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