The meth brain: methamphetamines alter brain functions via NMDA receptors
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Chapter 1 NMDA Receptors and Brain Development
More than 20 years have passed since the discovery that NMDAR-mediated synaptic activity is important for the functional development of sensory brain circuits [1] by specifically regulating the refinement of sensory topographic maps [2]. Since then we have learned in great detail how this receptor shapes the development of neurons and neuronal circuits. The diversity of NMDAR subunits and their...
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عنوان ژورنال: General physiology and biophysics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1338-4325
DOI: 10.4149/gpb_2014044