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To determine if the expression of the NMDA receptor and/or its composition was altered as a result of rod photoreceptor ablation, immunoblots were analyzed for the NR1 (Figure 2A), the NR2A (Figure 2B) and the NR2B (Figure 2C) subunits.
(Desson Howe, the Washington Post ). However, quite a few softies like it: "Lewis and Ribisi eventually win you over" (Turan, the Los Angeles Times ); "by the storybook conclusion I was cheering them on, against all critical instinct" (Rod Dreher, the New York Post ). Stephen Holden of the New York Times opens his review with what sounds like a joke ("A beautifully acted love story") but isn't; he's the film's biggest fan.
The film "wants to say something about the commodification of spirituality, but has no idea what" (Rod Dreher, the New York Post ). Treading ground previously trod by Being There , Network , and Forrest Gump , the screenplay doesn't give Murphy a chance to flex his comedic muscles, and the result is weak satire.
The demonstration that GluR1 expression is increased in the retina of the rdta mouse where a rod photoreceptor-mediated visual input is missing is consistent with a previous report in which the level of GluR1 is increased in the deafferented tectum [ 64, 65].
While in Baltimore, Lehman also did an exhibition involving Warner Bros. cartoons, which seemed to bug the Post writer, Rod Dreher, almost as much.