D-serine as a neuromodulator: Regional and developmental localizations in rat brain glia resemble NMDA receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1604-1615

  Schell, Michael J ^a,b   Brady Jr , Roscoe O ^a   Molliver, Mark E ^a   Snyder, Solomon H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebellum; D amino acid; D serine; glia; glycine; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO SERINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DENDRITIC SPINE; GLIA CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031046980     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-05-01604.1997     Document Type: Article

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