Acute neurotoxicity of L-glutamate induced by impairment of the glutamate uptake system

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1201-1207

  Okazaki, Seiji ^a   Nishida, Yoshihiko ^a   Kawai, Hisaomi ^a   Saito, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

acetylcholinesterase; glutamate transport; L Glutamate; neurotoxicity; organotypic explant culture; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PYRROLIDINES; RATS; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029862485     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02532396     Document Type: Article

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