Regulation of the NMDA receptor: Implications for neuropsychological development

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 428-432

  Levenson, Cathy W ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Glutamate; Learning; Memory; Nerve growth factor; NGF; NMDA; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN; ZINC;

LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; ZINC;

EID: 33749506075     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 00296643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2006.sept.428-432     Document Type: Short Survey

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