Weaver cerebellar granule neurons show altered expression of NMDA receptor subunits both in vivo and in vitro

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-454

  Liesi, Päivi ^a,d   Stewart, Randall R ^a   Akinshola, B Emmanuel ^a,b   Wright, Jerry M ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Neuronal migration; NMDA receptor; Weaver mouse

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; DNA PRIMERS; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0033066127     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199903)38:4<441::AID-NEU1>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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