Bilateral blockade of NMDA receptors in anterior thalamus by dizocilpine (MK-801) injures pyramidal neurons in rat retrosplenial cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1420-1430

  Tomitaka, Shinichiro ^a,b   Tomitaka, Midori ^a,b   Tolliver, Bryan K ^a   Sharp, Frank R ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptors; GABA; Glutamate; Reticular nucleus; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; DIZOCILPINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; KETAMINE; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHENCYCLIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL VACUOLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; LIMBIC CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; BACLOFEN; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GYRUS CINGULI; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MUSCIMOL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0034094275     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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