Neurotransmission and the ontogeny of human brain

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-419

  Retz, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid receptors; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Human brain; Ontogeny; Schizophrenia; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALCOHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029925646     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01276417     Document Type: Article

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