The role of NMDA receptor subunits in the regulation of synaptic plasticity in dorsomedial striatum in a model of paroxysmal dystonia [Elektronische Ressource] / Josef Aaron Avshalomov

From the Department of Physiology, University of Rostock, Germany Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Köhling The role of NMDA receptor subunits in the regulation of synaptic plasticity in dorsomedial striatum in a model of paroxysmal dystonia Dissertation to obtain the academic degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences (doctor rerum naturalium) presented to the Faculty of Matematics and Natural Sciences at University of Rostock, Germany from MSc in Neuroscience and MSc in Advanced Neuro and Molecular Pharmacology Josef Aaron Avshalomov. born in 27.01.1975 in Baku (USSR) Rostock, November 2007 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2008-0085-5 I would like to dedicate my PhD research thesis to Dr Steven D. Kerr (Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Otago University, New Zealand) who has showed me the way to my science. i Acknowledgment I would like to thank Professor Rüdiger Köhling for being a superb supervisor and for give to me an opportunity to undertake this project in the Department of Physiology at Rostock University. I would like to thank Professor Dieter Weiss for acting as a co-supervisor. Many thanks also to Dr Timo Kirschstein, and to Dr Gleb Barmashenko for their great suggestions. Special thanks to Professor David Lovinger from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.