Density and Distribution of Hippocampal Neurotransmitter Receptors in Autism: An Autoradiographic Study

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 537-543

  Blatt, Gene J ^a   Fitzgerald, Claudia M ^a   Guptill, Jeffrey T ^a   Booker, Anne B ^a   Kemper, Thomas L ^a   Bauman, Margaret L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Benzodiazepine receptors; Cholinergic receptors; GABAA receptors; Hippocampus; Serotoninergic receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIZOCILPINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; KETANSERIN; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; PIRENZEPINE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAND BINDING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL COUNT; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITES; CELL COUNT; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA MODULATORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER;

EID: 0035755097     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013238809666     Document Type: Article

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