In article <jstream.1145216436A at 129.106.30.4>,
jstream at girch1.med.uth.tmc.edu (Rifle River) wrote:
> In Article <3jksu3$ma8 at falcon.ccs.uwo.ca>, nkrenz at ctrg.rri.uwo.ca (Natalie
> Krenz) wrote:
> > I am trying to locate a reference as to whether or not there are
> >NMDA receptors on the presynaptic membrane. If anyone knows of any, can
> >you drop me a line?
>> Sorry, no references, but I was told that there are definitely glutamate
> receptors on presynaptic terminals of the cells involved in LTP in the
> hippocampus. Good luck finding out if the presynaptic terminals have NMDA
> receptors.
As far as I know (from studying for quals in cell and molecular
neurobiology a year ago) the glutamate receptors on the presynaptic
terminals in the hippocampus are of the metabotropic kind.
Hannah
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