Chapter 9 The role of the GluR-A (GluR1) AMPA receptor subunit in learning and memory

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 169, Issue , 2008, Pages 159-178

  Sanderson, D J ^a   Good, M A ^b   Seeburg, P H ^c   Sprengel, R ^c   Rawlins, J N P ^a   Bannerman, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

associative learning; glutamate receptors; hippocampus; long term potentiation; spatial memory; working memory

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR IONOTROPIC, AMPA 1;

DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MUTANT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, AMPA;

EID: 41349101093     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)00009-X     Document Type: Review

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