The role of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in synaptic plasticity of rat visual cortex in vitro: Effect of sensory experience

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 306, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 149-152

  Fathollahi, Yaghoub ^a,b   Salami, Mahmoud ^c,d  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dark rearing; Light rearing; Long term potentiation; N methyl D aspartate receptor; Sensory experience; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; TETANY; VISUAL CORTEX;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; DARKNESS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; KETAMINE; LIGHTING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0035968120     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01894-8     Document Type: Article

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