Subcellular and subsynaptic distribution of the NR1 subunit of the NMDA receptor in the neostriatum and globus pallidus of the rat: Co-localization at synapses with the GluR2/3 subunit of the AMPA receptor

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3721-3736

  Bernard, Véronique ^a,b   Bolam, J Paul ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Corticostriatal; Excitatory amino acid; Glutamate receptors; Subthalamopallidal; Thalamostriatal

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032449310     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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