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Ampa Receptor Function

AMPA Receptor Function is a neurobiological mechanism that mediates fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system by selectively gating ion flux upon glutamate binding, thereby contributing to synaptic plasticity, neuronal communication, and the regulation of cortical circuit activity.

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Ca2 <sup>+</sup> Permeability of KA-AMPA—Gated Glutamate Receptor Channels Depends on Subunit Composition

Michael Hollmann, Melissa Hartley, Stephen F. Heinemann · Science · 1991 · 1.5K citations

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Relative abundance of subunit mRNAs determines gating and Ca2+ permeability of AMPA receptors in principal neurons and interneurons in rat CNS

Jörg R. P. Geiger, Thorsten Melcher, Duk‐Su Koh et al. · Neuron · 1995 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Flip and Flop: A Cell-Specific Functional Switch in Glutamate-Operated Channels of the CNS

Bernd Sommer, Kari Keinänen, Todd A. Verdoorn et al. · Science · 1990 · 1.3K citations

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Stargazin regulates synaptic targeting of AMPA receptors by two distinct mechanisms

Lu Chen, Dane M. Chetkovich, Ronald S. Petralia et al. · Nature · 2000 · 1.1K citations

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Regulation of distinct AMPA receptor phosphorylation sites during bidirectional synaptic plasticity

Hey‐Kyoung Lee, Michaela Barbarosie, Kimihiko Kameyama et al. · Nature · 2000 · 1.1K citations

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    Richard L. Huganir

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    71 publications · 16.1K citations

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    Roger A. Nicoll

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    41 publications · 6K citations

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    Rolf Sprengel

    Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany

    44 publications · 5.1K citations

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    Gary Lynch

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    32 publications · 2.1K citations

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    Michel Baudry

    University of Southern California, United States

    27 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    71 h-index

    265 publications

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  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    65 h-index

    412 publications

    77K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

    Heidelberg, Germany

    45 h-index

    191 publications

    55.4K citations

  4. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    41 h-index

    175 publications

    29.8K citations

  5. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    40 h-index

    189 publications

    23.5K citations

  6. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    37 h-index

    206 publications

    12.4K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    36 h-index

    195 publications

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  8. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    34 h-index

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  1. Neuron

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 66 publications · 6.5K citations

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  4. Nature Neuroscience

    39 publications · 10K citations

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  5. Neuropharmacology

    92 publications · 4.7K citations

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