Alterations in AMPA receptor subunit expression after experimental spinal cord contusion injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 5711-5720

  Grossman, Stacie O ^a   Wolfe, Barry B ^a   Yasuda, Robert P ^a   Wrathall, Jean R ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Antibodies; Excitatory amino acids; GluR2; In situ hybridization; Motor neurons; Rat; Spinal cord injury; Western blot

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 0033565995     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-14-05711.1999     Document Type: Article

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