Distinct populations of NMDA receptors at subcortical and cortical inputs to principal cells of the lateral amygdala

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 930-934

  Weisskopf, Marc G ^a   Ledoux, Joseph E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 0033032330     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.2.930     Document Type: Article

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