Lower sensitivity to stress and altered monoaminergic neuronal function in mice lacking the NMDA receptor ε4 subunit

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2335-2342

  Miyamoto, Yoshiaki ^a,c   Yamada, Kiyofumi ^a   Noda, Yukihiro ^a   Mori, Hisashi ^b   Mishina, Masayoshi ^b   Nabeshima, Toshitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotional behavior; GluR 4 subunit; GluR subunit; Locomotor activity; Monoaminergic neuronal systems; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0037088915     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-06-02335.2002     Document Type: Article

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