Postnatal development of NR1, NR2A and NR2B immunoreactivity in the visual cortex of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 859, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-37

  Cao, Zhiping ^a   Lickey, Marvin E ^a   Liu, Lijuan ^a   Kirk, Edythe ^a   Gordon, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical period; NMDA receptor; NR1; NR2A; NR2B; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034677714     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02450-6     Document Type: Article

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