Developmental alterations in NMDA receptor-mediated currents in neonatal rat spinal motoneurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-102

  Hori, Yuuichi ^a   Kanda, Kenro ^b  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

N Methyl D aspartate receptor; Postnatal development; Spinal motoneurons; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; MOTONEURON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030045879     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12388-0     Document Type: Article

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