Homer2 deletion alters dendritic spine morphology but not alcohol-associated adaptations in GluN2B-containing N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the nucleus accumbens

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  McGuier, Natalie S ^a   Padula, Audrey E ^a   Mulholland, Patrick J ^a   Chandler, L Judson ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular morphology; Dendritic spines; Homer2; Nucleus accumbens; Postsynaptic density; Structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROTEIN HOMER 2;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HOMER2 GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84926434643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00028     Document Type: Article

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