Expression of the mRNA for the rat NMDA receptor (NMDAR1) in the sensory and autonomic ganglion neurons.
The distribution of NMDA receptor (NMDAR1) on neurons in the peripheral ganglia was examined in the adult rat by in situ hybridization. NMDAR1 mRNA was expressed in all neurons in the sensory and autonomic ganglia examined; in the dorsal root, trigeminal, nodose, superior cervical, and sphenopalatine ganglia. Possible roles of the NMDA receptor on the sensory and autonomic ganglion neurons are discussed.
Shigemoto
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Department of Morphological Brain Science, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Ohishi
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Nakanishi
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Mizuno
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D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D005725:Ganglia, Autonomic / Q000166:cytology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate