Expression of NMDA receptor NR1, NR2A and NR2B subunit mRNAs during development of the human hippocampal formation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1197-1205

  Law, Amanda J ^a   Weickert, Cynthia Shannon ^b   Webster, Maree J ^c   Herman, Mary M ^b   Kleinman, Joel E ^b   Harrison, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate receptor; Hippocampus; in situ hybridization; Neonate; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; GROUPS BY AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBICULUM; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0141502156     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02850.x     Document Type: Article

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