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Assaying AMPA Receptor Oligomerization.- A Step-by-Step Guide to Single Subunit Counting Of Membrane-Bound Proteins in Mammalian Cells.- Counting NMDA Receptors at the Cell Surface.- Electron Microscopy Analysis of AMPA receptors in Dendritic Spines.- Electrophysiological Tagging of Ionotropic Receptors.- Functional Detection of Novel Triheteromeric NMDA Receptors.- Calcium Imaging to Study NMDA Receptor-mediated Cellular Responses.- NMR Approaches to Functional Dynamics Of Genetically Separated iGluR Domains.- Computing Conformational Free Energies of iGluR Ligand-Binding Domains.- LRET Methods for Investigating Conformational Changes in Functional Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors.- Assaying the Energetics of NMDA Receptor Pore Opening.- Constructing a Rapid Solution Exchange System.- Assessing Effects of Ligand-Binding Mutations To AMPA And Kainate Receptor Kinetics.- Analysis of Whole-Cell NMDA Receptor Responses.- Expression, Purification and Crystallization of Full Length Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors.- Timing AMPA Receptor Activation with Laser-pulse Photolysis.- Current Recording and Kinetic Analyses for Single AMPA Receptors.- Extracting Rate Constants for NMDA Receptor Gating from One-channel Current Recordings.