NMDA receptor-mediated cGMP synthesis in primary cultures of mouse cerebellar granule cells appears to involve neuron-astrocyte communication with NO operating as the intercellular messenger

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-142

  Malcolm, C ^a   Grieve, A ^a   Ritchie, L ^a   Schousboe, A ^b   Griffiths, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cerebellar granule cells; cGMP formation; neuron astrocyte communication; nitric oxide; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CEREBELLUM; GRANULE CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CYCLIC GMP; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROARGININE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0030038635     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960715)45:2<129::AID-JNR5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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