A glutamate-sensitizing activity in conditioned media derived from rat cerebellar granule cells

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1591-1600

  Ciotti, Maria Teresa ^a   Giannetti, Stefano ^a   Mercanti, Delio ^a   Calissano, Pietro ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; GABAergic cells; Glutamate; IGF I

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DACTINOMYCIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; LIOTHYRONINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SOMATOMEDIN C; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL LINE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FETAL CALF SERUM; GRANULE CELL; MACROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; VARIANCE;

EID: 0029781978     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01304.x     Document Type: Article

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