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01-09-2009 | Basic Neurosciences, Genetics and Immunology - Short Communication

Hemispheric lateralization of the corticostriatal glutamatergic system in the rat

Authors: Christine Capper-Loup, Dominik Rebell, Alain Kaelin-Lang

Published in: Journal of Neural Transmission | Issue 9/2009

Abstract

Little is known about hemispheric lateralization of subcortical structures. Here, we show a higher expression of the subunit NR2A of the NMDA receptor mRNA in the striatum and of vGluT1 mRNA in the cingulate cortex, in the left hemisphere compared to the right one. This suggests a lateralization of the glutamatergic cortico-subcortical system, at the level of postsynaptic receptors as well as at the level of corticostriatal projections. Such lateralization could play a role in asymmetric diseases like Parkinson’s disease.

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Title: Hemispheric lateralization of the corticostriatal glutamatergic system in the rat
Authors: Christine Capper-Loup
Dominik Rebell
Alain Kaelin-Lang
Publication date: 01-09-2009
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Journal of Neural Transmission / Issue 9/2009
Print ISSN: 0300-9564
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1463
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-009-0265-2

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