Modulation of synaptic plasticity by stress hormone associates with plastic alteration of synaptic NMDA receptor in the adult hippocampus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Tse, Yiu Chung ^a   Bagot, Rosemary C ^a   Hutter, Juliana A ^a   Wong, Alice S ^a   Wong, Tak Pan ^a,b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; STRESS HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOTINYLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CORTICOSTERONE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

RATTUS;

EID: 84858183222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027215     Document Type: Article

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