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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 24.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Rev. 2000 Apr;80(2):767–852. doi: 10.1152/physrev.2000.80.2.767

TABLE 5.

Expression of NMDA receptor subunits in motoneurons

NMDAR1 NMDAR2A NMDAR2B NMDAR2C NMDAR2D
Motoneuron Nuclei I ISH I ISH I ISH I ISH I ISH Reference No.
Edinger-Westphal 2 2 2 Rat 977* 979
Oculomotor (III) 3 3 2 1 2 nd nd nd Rat 977* 979; mice 1340
Trochlear (IV) nd nd nd Rat 977* 979
Trigeminal (V) 4 3 3 2 3 nd nd nd Rat 977* 979; mice 1279, 1340
Abducens (VI) 3 2 2 Rat 977* 979
Facial (VII) 3 3 3 2 3 nd nd nd Rat 977* 979; mice 1340
Vagal (X) 2 2 2 1 2 1 nd nd Rat 977* 979; mice 1340; cat 28
Ambigual 4 3 3 2 3 nd nd nd Rat 977* 979; mice 1340; cat 28
Hypoglossal (XII) 3 3 3 3 3 1 nd nd Rat 977, 979; mice 1340; cat 28
Spinal 4 3 4 2 4 1 nd 0.5 Rat 407, 765, 977, 1257* 979; mouse 1341; human 1078, 1145

I, immunohistochemistry; ISH, in situ hybridization; NMDA, N-methyl-d-aspartate; nd, not detected.

*

Antibody does not distinguish b/w NMDAR2A/B.