Hippocampal NMDA receptor MRNA undergoes subunit specific changes during developmental lead exposure

Brain Research

Volumn 790, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 98-107

  Guilarte, Tomás R ^a   McGlothan, Jennifer L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Hippocampus; Lead; MRNA; NMDA receptor; Subunit

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEAD POISONING; LIGAND BINDING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEAD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032550160     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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