Changes in expression of NMDA receptor subunits in the rat lumbar spinal cord following neonatal nerve injury

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 258-272

  Virgo, L ^a   Dekkers, J ^a   Mentis, G Z ^a   Navarrete, R ^a   De Belleroche, J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutamate receptor; Motoneurone; Nerve injury; Neuronal death; NMDA receptor; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTONEURON; NERVE CRUSH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE CRUSH; PERONEAL NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0034044021     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.2000.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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