The elusive roles of NMDA receptor amino-terminal domains

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¹ Neurosciences Unit, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5. mpabba@ohri.ca

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Mohan Pabba et al. J Physiol. 2012.

. 2012 Nov 15;590(22):5561-2.

doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.243311.

¹ Neurosciences Unit, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5. mpabba@ohri.ca

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GluN1 splice variant control of GluN1/GluN2D NMDA receptors.
Vance KM, Hansen KB, Traynelis SF. Vance KM, et al. J Physiol. 2012 Aug 15;590(16):3857-75. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.234062. Epub 2012 May 28. J Physiol. 2012. PMID: 22641781 Free PMC article.

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