Changes in NMDA receptor/nitric oxide signaling pathway in the brain with aging

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-74

  Yamada, Kiyofumi ^a   Nabeshima, Toshitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Learning and memory; N methyl D aspartate receptor; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN; NEURONS; RATS; SIGNALING;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; IN-VITRO; LEARNING AND MEMORY; N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR; NADPH-DIAPHORASE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NITRIC OXIDE SIGNALING; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASES; SIGNALLING PATHWAYS; SYNTHASES;

NITRIC OXIDE;

MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGING; AMNESIA; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING; MONKEY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032191831     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19981001)43:1<68::AID-JEMT10>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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