Roles of NMDA receptor activity and nitric oxide production in brain development

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 476-509

  Contestabile, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell death and survival; Neural activity; Neurogenesis; Spatial signal; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 METHYL 5 PHOSPHONO 3 PENTENOIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0034103659     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(00)00018-7     Document Type: Review

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