The competitive transport inhibitor L-trans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate triggers excitotoxicity in rat cortical neuron-astrocyte co-cultures via glutamate release rather than uptake inhibition

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2019-2028

  Volterra, Andrea ^a   Bezzi, Paola ^a   Rizzini, Barbara Lodi ^a   Trotti, Davide ^a   Ullensvang, Kyrre ^b   Danbolt, Niels C ^b   Racagni, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid neurotransmission; Glutamate transporters; Heteroexchange; Neuron astrocyte communication; Non vesicular release

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIPOSOME; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DELAYED NEUROTOXICITY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029743194     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01345.x     Document Type: Article

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