Increased NR1-NR2A/B coassembly as a mechanism for rat chronic hippocampal epilepsy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 165-168

  Mikuni, Nobuhiro ^a   Babb, Thomas L ^a   Christi, Wylie ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coprecipitation; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Kainic acid; N Methyl D aspartate receptors; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0033522968     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00355-9     Document Type: Article

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