Developmental regulation of synaptic mechanisms that may contribute to learning and memory

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-71

  Schrader, Laura ^a   Friedlander, Michael J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Glutamate; Metabotropic receptors; NMDA receptors; Synapse; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

BRAIN CORTEX; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TARGET CELL; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033066409     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1999)5:1<60::AID-MRDD7>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Review

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