Increased expression of AMPA receptor subunits in the nucleus of the solitary tract in the spontaneously hypertensive rat

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 37-49

  Saha, Sikha ^a   Spary, Emma J ^a   Maqbool, Azhar ^a   Asipu, Aruna ^a   Corbett, Eric K A ^a   Batten, Trevor F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutamate receptor; Hypertension; Immunohistochemistry; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 1242306282     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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