Glutamate receptor functions in sensory relay in the thalamus

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1428, 2002, Pages 1759-1766

  Salt, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kainate; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; mGluR1; N methyl D aspartate; aminobutyrate

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037196096     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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