Studying synaptic plasticity in the human brain and opportunities for drug discovery

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 540-548

  Nathan, Pradeep J ^a,b   Cobb, Stuart R ^c   Lu, Bai ^d   Bullmore, Edward T ^a,b   Davies, Ceri H ^e  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (China)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROTEIN KINASE; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDICTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COGNITION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSE;

EID: 80053113519     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: 14714973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2011.06.008     Document Type: Review

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