Abducens conditioning in in vitro turtle brain stem without cerebellum requires NMDA receptors and involves upregulation of GluR4-containing AMPA receptors

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 405-410

  Keifer, Joyce ^a   Clark, Timothy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Eyeblink; GluR4 receptor subunit; In vitro; NMDA receptor; Turtle

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ABDUCENS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; EYELID REFLEX; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TURTLE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, EYELID; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TURTLES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0037647666     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1494-5     Document Type: Article

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