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Depolarization of Hippocampal Neurons Induces Formation of Nonsynaptic NMDA Receptor Islands Resembling Nascent Postsynaptic Densities

Jung-Hwa Tao-Cheng, Rita Azzam, Virginia Crocker, Christine A. Winters and Tom Reese
eNeuro 18 November 2015, 2 (6) ENEURO.0066-15.2015; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0066-15.2015
Jung-Hwa Tao-Cheng
1Electron Microscopy Facility, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Rita Azzam
1Electron Microscopy Facility, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Virginia Crocker
1Electron Microscopy Facility, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Christine A. Winters
2Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Tom Reese
2Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0066-15.2015
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26665164
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  • Received June 16, 2015
  • Revision received October 15, 2015
  • Accepted November 3, 2015
  • Published online November 18, 2015.
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Copyright © 2015 Tao-Cheng et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Jung-Hwa Tao-Cheng1,
  2. Rita Azzam1,
  3. Virginia Crocker1,
  4. Christine A. Winters2 and
  5. Tom Reese2
  1. 1Electron Microscopy Facility, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
  2. 2Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Jung-Hwa Tao-Cheng, NIH, Building 49, Room 3A50, Bethesda, MD 20892. E-mail: chengs{at}ninds.nih.gov.
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Author contributions

  1. ↵2 Author contributions: J.-H.T.-C. designed research; J.-H.T.-C., R.A., V.T.C., and C.A.W. performed research; J.-H.T.-C. and T.R. analyzed data; J.-H.T.-C. and T.R. wrote the paper.

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  • ↵1 The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • ↵3 This research was supported by intramural funds from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke.

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  • NINDS intramural funds

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eNeuro 18 November 2015, 2 (6) ENEURO.0066-15.2015; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0066-15.2015
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