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Noebels JL, Avoli M, Rogawski MA, et al., editors. Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies [Internet]. 4th edition. Bethesda (MD): National Center for Biotechnology Information (US); 2012.

  • This title is an author manuscript version first made accessible on the NCBI Bookshelf website July 2, 2012.

This title is an author manuscript version first made accessible on the NCBI Bookshelf website July 2, 2012.

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Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies [Internet]. 4th edition.

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Figure 1. Schematic drawing of a glutamatergic synapse, with postsynaptic AMPA, NMDA, KA and metabotropic receptors.

Figure 1Schematic drawing of a glutamatergic synapse, with postsynaptic AMPA, NMDA, KA and metabotropic receptors

Glutamate transporters are present on the presynaptic and postsynaptic sites, as well as on the nearby glial cell process (from Attwell and Gibb, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2005).

From: Alterations in synaptic function in epilepsy

Copyright © 2012, Michael A Rogawski, Antonio V Delgado-Escueta, Jeffrey L Noebels, Massimo Avoli and Richard W Olsen.

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