NNMDAR-2A subunit protein expression is reduced in the hippocampus of rats exposed to Pb2+ during development

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 42-49

  Nihei, Michelle K ^a   Guilarte, Tomás R ^a  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Hippocampus; Lead; NMDA receptor; Protein; Subunit

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; LEAD ACETATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEAD POISONING; LEARNING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; AGE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEAD; NEURONS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0033586398     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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