The N-methyl D-aspartate receptor glycine site and D-serine metabolism: An evolutionary perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1446, 2004, Pages 943-964

  Schell, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D amino acid; D serine; Glutamate; Glycine; Racemase; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EVOLUTION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942718893     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1399     Document Type: Review

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