N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor proteins NR2A and NR2B are differentially distributed in the developing rat central nervous system as revealed by subunit-specific antibodies

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 692-700

  Portera Cailliau, Carlos ^a   Price, Donald L ^a   Martin, Lee J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Excitotoxicity; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Striatum

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029670633     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66020692.x     Document Type: Article

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