Genetic and epigenetic regulation of NMDA receptor expression in the rat visual cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4320-4326

  Nase, Gabriele ^a   Weishaupt, Jochen ^b   Stern, Peter ^a,c   Singer, Wolf ^a   Monyer, Hannah ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Science International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGING; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033429456     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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