The Effects of Stress on Glutamatergic Transmission in the Brain

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1139-1143

  Yuan, Ti Fei ^a   Hou, Gonglin ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AMPA; Glutamatergic transmission; NMDA; Receptor; Stress; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84939889655     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-8783-9     Document Type: Review

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