Expression of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit mRNAs in the human brain: Hippocampus and cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-90

  Scherzer, Clemens R ^a   Landwehrmeyer, G Bernhard ^b   Kerner, Julie A ^a   Counihan, Timothy J ^a   Kosinski, Christoph M ^a   Standaert, David G ^a   Daggett, Lorrie P ^c   Veliçelebi, Gönül ^c   Penney Jr , John B ^a   Young, Anne B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; In situ hybridization; NMDA; Receptor subtypes

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SUBICULUM; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031883046     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980105)390:1<75::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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