Glutamate receptor pathology is present in the hippocampus following repeated sub-lethal soman exposure in the absence of spatial memory deficits

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-80

  Johnson, Erik A ^a   Daugherty, Kelly S ^a   Gallagher, Sarah J ^a   Moran, Anita V ^a   DeFord, S Michelle ^a,b  

^a US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; GD; GluR2; Glutamate; Morris water maze; NMDA receptor; NMDAR1; NMDAR2a; NMDAR2b; Soman; Spatial memory; Sub lethal

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SOMAN;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SOMAN; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

CAVIA;

EID: 38049068127     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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