Regulatory roles of the NMDA receptor GluN3A subunit in locomotion, Pain perception and cognitive functions in adult mice

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 149-168

  Mohamad, Osama ^a   Song, Mingke ^a   Wei, Ling ^a   Yu, Shan Ping ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MENTAL TASK; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; COGNITION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN PERCEPTION; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84872009981     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.239251     Document Type: Article

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