Augmenting NMDA receptor signaling boosts experience-dependent neuroplasticity in the adult human brain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 50, 2015, Pages 15331-15336

  Forsyth, Jennifer K ^a   Bachman, Peter ^b   Mathalon, Daniel H ^c,d   Roach, Brian J ^d   Asarnow, Robert F ^a   Foerde, Karin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D cycloserine; Learning; Long term potentiation; Neuroplasticity; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; CYCLOSERINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HIGH FREQUENCY VISUAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; DRUG EFFECTS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; CYCLOSERINE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLACEBOS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84950150383     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1509262112     Document Type: Article

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