Human spinal motoneurons express low relative abundance of GluR2 mRNA: An implication for excitotoxicity in ALS

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 680-689

  Kawahara, Yukio ^a   Kwak, Shin ^a   Sun, Hui ^a   Ito, Kyoko ^a   Hashida, Hideji ^a   Aizawa, Hitoshi ^b   Jeong, Seon Yong ^a,c   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALS; AMPA receptor; Excitotoxicity; GluR2; Quantitative RT PCR; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EDITING; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0038673599     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01703.x     Document Type: Article

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