Differential roles of NMDA receptor subtypes NR 2 A and NR 2 B in dendritic branch development
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Differential roles of NMDA receptor subtypes NR2A and NR2B in dendritic branch development 1 and requirement of RasGRF1 2 3 Abbreviated title: NR2B-RasGRF1 requirement for dendritic arbor formation 4 5 Authors: 6 Fernando J. Sepulveda, Fernando J. Bustos, Eveling Inostroza, Felipe A Zúñiga, Rachael L. 7 Neve, Martin Montecino and Brigitte van Zundert 8 9 Author addresses: 10 Department of Physiopathology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of 11 Biological Science, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile. McGovern Institute for Brain 12 Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA. F.J.S. and F.J.B. 13 contributed equally to this work. 14 15 Corresponding author: 16 Brigitte van Zundert, Department of Physiopathology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Barrio 17 Universitario s/n, Concepción, Chile. Phone: (056)-412-203831. Fax: (056)-412-245975. E-mail: 18 [email protected] 19 20 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (January 27, 2010). doi:10.1152/jn.00823.2009
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