Cortex-restricted disruption of NMDAR1 impairs neuronal patterns in the barrel cortex

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6797, 2000, Pages 726-731

  Iwasato, Takuji ^a   Datwani, Akash ^b   Wolf, Alexander M ^a   Nishiyama, Hiroshi ^a,c   Taguchi, Yusuke ^a   Tonegawa, Susumu ^d   Knöpfel, Thomas ^a   Erzurumlu, Reha S ^b   Itohara, Shigeyoshi ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Riken MIT Neuroscience Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN STEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRISSAE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034680159     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35021059     Document Type: Article

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