Cellular and subcellular localization of the 2B-subunit of the NMDA receptor in the adult rat telencephalon

Brain Research

Volumn 816, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 609-617

  Charton, Jean Pierre ^a   Herkert, Matthias ^b   Becker, Cord Michael ^b   Schröder, Hannsjörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Electron microscopy; Hippocampus; Immunocytochemistry; NR2B; Rat

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0033596522     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01243-8     Document Type: Article

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