NMDARs mediate the role of monoamine oxidase A in pathological aggression

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 8574-8582

  Bortolato, Marco ^a,b,c   Godar, Sean C ^a   Melis, Miriam ^c   Soggiu, Alessio ^c   Roncada, Paola ^d   Casu, Angelo ^c   Flore, Giovanna ^c   Chen, Kevin ^a   Frau, Roberto ^c   Urbani, Andrea ^b   Paola Castelli, M ^c   Devoto, Paola ^c   Shih, Jean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d Istituto Sperimentale Italiano Lazzaro Spallanzani   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; 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; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHENOLS; PIPERIDINES; PROSENCEPHALON; QUINOXALINES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84862873319     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0225-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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