AMPA, kainate, and NMDA receptor densities in the hippocampus of untreated male rats and females in estrus and diestrus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 459, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 468-474

  Palomero Gallagher, Nicola ^a   Bidmon, Hans Jürgen ^b   Zilles, Karl ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Glutamate receptors; Quantitative receptor autoradiography

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0344837829     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10638     Document Type: Article

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