Attenuation of focal ischemic brain injury in mice deficient in the ε1 (NR2A) subunit of NMDA receptor

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 9727-9732

  Morikawa, Eiharu ^a,b,c   Mori, Hisashi ^a   Kiyama, Yuji ^a   Mishina, Masayoshi ^a,c   Asano, Takao ^b   Kirino, Takaaki ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Cerebral infarction; GluR 1 subunit; Glutamate; Neurotoxicity; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEARNING; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0032400783     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-23-09727.1998     Document Type: Article

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