NMDA receptor heterogeneity during postnatal development of the rat brain: Differential expression of the NR2A, NR2B, and NR2C subunit proteins

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 469-478

  Wenzel, Andreas ^a   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^a   Mohler, Hanns ^a   Benke, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; Histo blots; NMDA receptor; Rat; Subunit specific antisera

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031012513     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.68020469.x     Document Type: Article

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