Regulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit expression in the fetal guinea pig brain

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 676-683

  Owen, Dawn ^a   Setiawan, Elaine ^a   Li, Antai ^a   McCabe, Lucy ^a   Matthews, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Developmental biology; Neuroendocrinology; Neurotransmitters; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENDER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE METABOLISM; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 3242757549     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.027946     Document Type: Article

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