Early NMDA receptor blockade impairs defensive behavior and increases cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of developing rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-56

  Gould, Elizabeth ^a   Cameron, Heather A ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 METHYL 5 PHOSPHONO 3 PENTENOIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GRANULE CELL; GROWTH STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIVISION; DENTATE GYRUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0031018435     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.1.49     Document Type: Article

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