Exposure to an enriched environment selectively increases the functional response of the pre-synaptic NMDA receptors which modulate noradrenaline release in mouse hippocampus

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1598-1606

  Grilli, Massimo ^a   Zappettini, Stefania ^a   Zanardi, Alessio ^b   Lagomarsino, Federica ^a   Pittaluga, Anna ^a   Zoli, Michele ^b   Marchi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enriched environment; Nicotinic receptors; Noradrenaline release; Pre synaptic AMPA receptors; Pre synaptic NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; EPIBATIDINE; GLYCINE; IFENPRODIL; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2C; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2D; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; TRITIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NOREPINEPHRINE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 68949218400     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06265.x     Document Type: Article

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