Glutamate receptor subunits expression in memory-associated brain structures: Regional variations and effects of aging

Synapse

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 834-841

  Liu, Ping ^a   Smith, Paul F ^a   Darlington, Cynthia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

AMPA; Hippocampus; Learning; NMDA; Parahippocampal region

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUBICULUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 49249094142     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20563     Document Type: Article

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