Lack of μ-opioid receptor leads to an increase in the NMDA receptor subunit mRNA expression and NMDA-induced convulsion

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 105-111

  Jang, Choon Gon ^a   Lee, Seok Yong ^a   Loh, Horace H ^b   Ho, Ing K ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convulsion; Knockout mouse; mRNA; NMDA receptor; Opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; EPILEPSY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INJECTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035914175     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(01)00222-4     Document Type: Article

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