Optical analysis of the action range of glutamate in the neuropil
Elizabeth A. Matthews, Wenjing Sun, Shane M. McMahon, Michael Doengi, L. Halka, Stefanie Anders, Johannes Alexander Müller, Pia Steinlein, Natascha Vana, G. van Dyk, Julika Pitsch, Albert J. Becker, Alexander Pfeifer, Ege T. Kavalali, Alf Lamprecht, , Dirk Dietrich
The paper investigates glutamate spread in the neuropil using optical reporters and finds that glutamate can activate AMPA and NMDA receptors at distances up to 2 micrometers from the release site.
bioRxiv · Feb 5, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience