Selective increases of AMPA, NMDA, and kainate receptor subunit mRNAs in the hippocampus and orbitofrontal cortex but not in prefrontal cortex of human alcoholics

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Jin, Zhe ^a   Bhandage, Amol K ^a   Bazov, Igor ^a   Kononenko, Olga ^a   Bakalkin, Georgy ^a   Korpi, Esa R ^b   Birnir, Bryndis ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Excitatory; GluR; Glutamate; Glutamate receptor; Ion channel

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR GLUA2; AMPA RECEPTOR GLUA3; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR GLUK2; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR GLUK3; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR GLUK5; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; 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; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR GLUN1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR GLUN2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR GLUN2C; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR GLUN2D; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR GLUN3A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION;

EID: 84893161597     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00011     Document Type: Article

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