The role of D-serine and glycine as co-agonists of NMDA receptors in motor neuron degeneration and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Paul, Praveen ^a   De Belleroche, Jackie ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Apoptosis; Autophagy; D amino acid oxidase (DAO); D serine; Motor neuron disease; N methyl D aspartic acid receptor (NMDAR); Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO AMINO ACID OXIDASE; DEXTRO SERINE; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DEGENERATION; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84904737177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16633563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsyn.2014.00010     Document Type: Short Survey

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