Quantitative study of the coexpression of Fos and N-methyl-D aspartate (NMDA) receptor subunits in otolith-related vestibular nuclear neurons of rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 460, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 292-301

  Chen, Liang Wei ^a,c   Lai, Chun Hong ^a   Law, Hoi Yan ^a   Yung, Ken K L ^b   Chan, Ying Shing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C fos; Immunohistochemistry; NMDA receptor; Off vertical axis rotation; Utricle; Vestibular nuclei

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2; PROTEIN FOS; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVITY; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABYRINTHECTOMY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ROTATION; UTRICLE; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NEURONS; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0037467553     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10657     Document Type: Article

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