A light and electron microscopic study of the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR1a in the normal and kainate-lesioned rat hippocampus

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 173-186

  Ong, W Y ^a   Lim, T M ^a   Garey, L J ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Hippocampus; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Pyramidal neurons; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; REFERENCE VALUES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032934879     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02815123     Document Type: Article

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