Genetic deletion of NR3A accelerates Glutamatergic synapse maturation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Henson, Maile A ^a,e   Larsen, Rylan S ^a   Lawson, Shelikha N ^a   Pérez Otaño, Isabel ^c   Nakanishi, Nobuki ^d   Lipton, Stuart A ^d   Philpot, Benjamin D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMIC 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 3A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL MATURATION; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE DELETION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POST-SYNAPTIC DENSITY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MUS;

EID: 84864773508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042327     Document Type: Article

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