Selective vulnerabilities of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors during brain aging

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue MAR, 2010, Pages

  Magnusson, Kathy R ^a   Brim, Brenna L ^a   Das, Siba R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Binding; Glutamate; Learning; LTP; Memory; NMDA receptor; Subunits

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049493731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2010.00011     Document Type: Review

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