Blockade of NMDA receptors and apoptotic neurodegeneration in the developing brain.

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Summary

Blockade of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors for only a few hours during late fetal or early neonatal life triggered widespread apoptotic neurodegeneration in the developing rat brain, suggesting that the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate, acting at NMDA receptors, controls neuronal survival.

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1999-01-01
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NMDA receptor, Glutamate receptor, Neurodegeneration, Neuroscience, Receptor

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