NMDA-R1 subunit of the cerebral cortex co-localizes with neuronal nitric oxide synthase at pre-and postsynaptic sites and in spines

Brain Research

Volumn 750, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 25-40

  Aoki, Chiye ^a   Rhee, Julianne ^a   Lubin, Mona ^a   Dawson, Ted M ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

axo axonic interaction; excitotoxicity; glutamate receptor; immuno electron microscopy; LTP; nitric oxide; NMDA receptor; retrograde messenger; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031057092     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01147-X     Document Type: Article

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