Hippocampal synaptic plasticity in mice overexpressing an embryonic subunit of the NMDA receptor

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4177-4188

  Okabe, Shigeo ^a,e   Collin, Carlos ^a   Auerbach, Jonathan M ^a   Meiri, Noam ^a   Bengzon, Johan ^a,f   Kennedy, Mary B ^b   Segal, Menahem ^c   McKay, Ronald D G ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Long term depression; Long term potentiation; NMDA receptor; Transgenic mice; Water maze

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DEPRESSION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032101367     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-11-04177.1998     Document Type: Article

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