Inhibition of N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor subunit expression by antisense oligonucleotides reveals their role in striatal motor regulation

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 342-352

  Standaert, David G ^a   Testa, Claudia M ^a,b   Rudolf, Gregory D ^a   Hollingsworth, Zane R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENE CONTROL; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RAT;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; LIGANDS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOSTRIATUM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029670390     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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