Enhanced NR2A subunit expression and decreased NMDA receptor decay time at the onset of ocular dominance plasticity in the ferret

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2587-2591

  Roberts, Elizabeth B ^a   Ramoa, Ary S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FERRET; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; VISUAL CORTEX; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0032981864     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.5.2587     Document Type: Article

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