Inhibition of MK801 binding in adult rat brain sections by conantokin-G and conantokin-T

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-174

  Klein, Rebecca C ^a   Castellino, Francis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Conantokins; Dizocilpine; N Methyl D aspartate receptor

Indexed keywords

CONANTOKIN G; CONANTOKIN T; DIZOCILPINE; ION CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PEPTIDE; SPERMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SHORT SURVEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032824039     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00649-7     Document Type: Article

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