Increased NR2A:NR2B ratio compresses long-term depression range and constrains long-term memory

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cui, Zhenzhong ^a   Feng, Ruiben ^a,b   Jacobs, Stephanie ^a   Duan, Yanhong ^c,d   Wang, Huimin ^c,d   Cao, Xiaohua ^c,d   Tsien, Joe Z ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Banna Biomedical Research Institute   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d B326 Science Building   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NR2A NMDA RECEPTOR; NR2B NMDA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; DEPRESSION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872743774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01036     Document Type: Article

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