Glutamate Receptors

Preface...Table of Contents...Contributing Authors...Part I Synaptic Ultrastructure/Receptor Dynamics/Receptor Interactions and Trafficking 1. Single Molecule FRET Methods to Study Glutamate ReceptorsDouglas Litwin, Ryan Durham, and Vasanthi Jayaraman2. Ultrastructural Observation of Glutamatergic Synapses by Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy (FIB/SEM)Ai Takahashi, Laxmi Kumar Parajuli, Hirohide Iwasaki, Shinji Tanaka, and Shigeo Okabe3. Considerations for Imaging and Analyzing Neural Structures by STED MicroscopyMartin O. Lenz and Jan Tønnesen4. Cell-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Cell-ELISA) Analysis of Native and Recombinant Glutamate ReceptorsElek MolnárPart II Function/Cellular Plasticity5. Preparation of Organotypic Slice Cultures for the Study of Glutamate Receptor FunctionAndres Barria6. Glutamate Receptor Probing with Rapid Application and Solution Exchange (RASE)Nathanael O'Neil and Sergiy Sylantyev7. Electrophysiological Investigation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor-Dependent Metaplasticity in the HippocampusRegina U. Hegemann and Wickliffe C. Abraham8. Induction of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor-Mediated Long-Term Depression in the Hippocampal Schaffer Collateral Pathway of Aging RatsKirstan E. Gimse, Kenneth O'Riordan, and Corinna Burger9. Whole-Cell Patch Clamp Electrophysiology to Study Inotropic Glutamatergic Receptors and Their Roles in AddictionJonna M. Leyrer-Jackson, M. Foster Olive, and Cassandra D. Gipson Part III Receptor Gene Regulation/Epigenetics10. Gene Expression Analysis by Multiplex Single Cell RT-PCRTricoire Ludovic, Cauli Bruno, and Lambolez Bertrand11. Metabolomics Analysis of Glutamate Receptor FunctionNataliya E. Chorna and Anatoliy P. Chornyy12. Locus-Specific DNA Methylation Assays to Study Glutamate Receptor RegulationJordan A. Brown, J. David Sweatt, and Garrett A. Kaas13. Preparation of Synaptoneurosomes for the Study of Glutamate Receptor FunctionCara J. Westmark and Pamela R. WestmarkPart VI Clinical Applications14. Fractionation of Subcellular Compartments from Human Brain TissueToni M. Mueller, Pitna Kim, and James H. Meador-Woodruff15. Glutamate Receptor Antibodies in Autoimmune Central Nervous System Disease: Basic Mechanisms, Clinical Features, and Antibody DetectionWJ Scotton, Abid Karim, and Saiju Jacob ... Mehr