Postmortem brain abnormalities of the glutamate neurotransmitter system in autism

Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1618-1628

  Purcell, A E ^a   Jeon, O H ^a   Zimmerman, A W ^a   Blue, M E ^a   Pevsner, J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0035856428     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.57.9.1618     Document Type: Article

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