Osmotic activation of the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system reversibly downregulates the NMDA receptor subunit, NR2B, in the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-196

  Currás Collazo, Margarita C ^a   Dao, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid receptors; Glutamate receptors; Magnocellular neuroendocrine cells; Osmotic regulation; Receptor down regulation; Receptor modulation; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FLUID INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REHYDRATION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0344241922     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00129-1     Document Type: Article

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