Distribution of the N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor subunit NR2A in control and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 727, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 233-237

  Samarasinghe, Sujith ^a   Virgo, Lisa ^a   De Belleroche, Jaqueline ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Glutamate receptor; mRNA; N Methyl D aspartate

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030586306     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00506-9     Document Type: Article

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