Rescue of cerebellar granule cells from death in weaver NR1 double mutants

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 7991-7998

  Jensen, Patricia ^a   Surmeier, D James ^b   Goldowitz, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cerebellum; GIRK2; Granule cell development; NMDA receptor; Weaver

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GRANULE CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033568866     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-18-07991.1999     Document Type: Article

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