Selective effects of neonatal handling on rat brain N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors

Neuroscience

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1457-1467

  Stamatakis, A ^a   Toutountzi, E ^b   Fragioudaki, K ^b   Kouvelas, E D ^b,c   Stylianopoulou, F ^a   Mitsacos, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Theodor Theohari Cozzika Foundation   (Greece)

Author keywords

autoradiographic in vitro binding; brain plasticity; early handling; early life experiences; in situ hybridization; NMDA receptor subunits

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; 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;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BINDING SITES; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; PIPERIDINES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70449520209     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.09.032     Document Type: Article

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