In vitro autoradiography of ionotropic glutamate receptors in hippocampus and striatum of aged Long-Evans rats: Relationship to spatial learning

Neuroscience

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 741-756

  Nicolle, M M ^a   Bizon, J L ^a,b   Gallagher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA; Kainate; NMDA; Spatial learning; Water maze

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030564956     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00147-9     Document Type: Article

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