NMDAR1 glutamate receptor subunit isoforms in neostriatal, neocortical, and hippocampal nitric oxide synthase neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1725-1734

  Weiss, Sara W ^a   Albers, David S ^a   Iadarola, Michael J ^b   Dawson, Ted M ^c   Dawson, Valina L ^c   Standaert, David G ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Cerebral cortex; Hippocampus; Nitric oxide synthase; NMDAR1; Striatum

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032030753     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-05-01725.1998     Document Type: Article

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