Developmental changes in the expression of NMDA receptor subunits (NR1, NR2A, NR2B) in the cat visual cortex and the effects of dark rearing

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 196-200

  Chen, Lu ^a   Cooper, Nigel G F ^a   Mower, George D ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical period; Neuronal plasticity; NMDA receptor; Visual development; Western blot

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REARING; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATS; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0034738047     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(00)00076-0     Document Type: Article

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