Influence of environmental enrichment on steady-state mRNA levels for EAAC1, AMPA1 and NMDA2A receptor subunits in rat hippocampus

Brain Research

Volumn 1174, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-27

  Andin, Josefine ^a   Hallbeck, Martin ^b   Mohammed, Abdul H ^c,d   Marcusson, Jan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Glutamate receptors; Glutamate transporter; Quantitative in situ hybridisation

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34548822675     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.06.101     Document Type: Article

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