CHEB, a convulsant barbiturate, evokes calcium-dependent spontaneous glutamate release from rat cerebroventricular synaptosomes

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 695-701

  Wei, Livia ^a   Schlame, Michael ^a,d   Downes, Hall ^b   Hemmings, Hugh C ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LC 203 ^*  (United States)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 (2 cyclohexylidene ethyl) 5 ethyl barbituric acid (CHEB); Ca2+ channels; Convulsant barbiturates; Fura 2; Na+ channels; Neurotransmitter release

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CONVULSANT AGENT; FLUNARIZINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITRENDIPINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030174954     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3908(96)84641-7     Document Type: Article

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