Switching of NMDA receptor 2A and 2B subunits at thalamic and cortical synapses during early postnatal development

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 40, 2004, Pages 8885-8895

  Liu, Xiao Bo ^a   Murray, Karl D ^a   Jones, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate receptors; Immunogold; mRNA; Plasticity; Synaptic transmission; Thalamocortical

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 5444222139     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2476-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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