Effects of neonatal cholinergic basal forebrain lesions on excitatory amino acid receptors in neocortex

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 645-660

  Hohmann, Christine F ^a   Wallace, Sarah A ^b   Johnston, Michael V ^b,c   Blue, Mary E ^b,c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

AMPA; Cholinergic basal forebrain lesions; Cortical development; mGluR; NMDA

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMPA RECEPTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FOREBRAIN; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOCORTEX; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032454410     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(98)00075-6     Document Type: Article

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