Postnatal changes in the laminar and subcellular distribution of NMDA-R1 subunits in the cat visual cortex as revealed by immuno-electron microscopy

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-59

  Aoki, Chiye ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

area 17; NMDA receptor; ocular dominance plasticity; receptor clustering; subplate neurons; synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031027412     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00160-5     Document Type: Article

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