Biochemical Modulation of NMDA Receptors: Role in Conditioned Taste Aversion

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 161-168

  Jiménez, Beatriz ^a   Tapia, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conditioned taste aversion; Learning and memory; NMDA receptors; Serine phosphorylation; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SACCHARIN; SERINE; TETRODOTOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE;

CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; HUMAN; INSULA; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TASTE AVERSION;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TASTE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0842301316     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NERE.0000010445.27905.aa     Document Type: Review

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