Astrocytes of the mouse neocortex express functional N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.

Animals Astrocytes/cytology,drug effects,metabolism Calcium/metabolism Dizocilpine Maleate/pharmacology Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology Fluorescent Dyes/metabolism Green Fluorescent Proteins Ion Channels/antagonists & inhibitors Luminescent Proteins/genetics,metabolism Magnesium/metabolism Mice Mice, Transgenic Microscopy, Confocal Models, Biological N-Methylaspartate/pharmacology Neocortex/cytology,metabolism Patch-Clamp Techniques Promoter Regions, Genetic Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/antagonists & inhibitors,genetics,metabolism

Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists Fluorescent Dyes Ion Channels Luminescent Proteins Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Green Fluorescent Proteins N-Methylaspartate Dizocilpine Maleate Magnesium Calcium