Alteration in NMDA receptor subunit MRNA expression in vulnerable and resistant regions of in vitro ischemic rat hippocampal slices

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-90

  Small, Daniel L ^a   Poulter, Michael O ^a   Buchan, Alastair M ^b   Morley, Paul ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Hippocampus; In vitro ischemia; N Methyl D aspartate receptor; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SLICE; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REOXYGENATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030764907     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00592-2     Document Type: Article

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