Changes in NMDA receptor expression in auditory cortex after learning

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 374, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-68

  Sun, Wei ^a   Mercado III, Eduardo ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Shan, Xiaojun ^a   Lee, Te Chung ^b   Salvi, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Hearing; Memory; RNA; RT PCR; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CELL ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEARING; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 14544299738     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.10.032     Document Type: Article

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