Stimulation of glutamine synthetase activity by excitatory amino acids in astrocyte cultures derived from aged mouse cerebral hemispheres may be associated with non-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor activation

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 523-530

  Fleischer Lambropoulos, Eleni ^a   Kazazoglou, Theodosia ^a   Geladopoulos, Taxiarchis ^a   Kentroti, Susan ^a,b   Stefanis, Costas ^a   Vernadakis, Antonia ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged mice; Astrocyte; Cerebral hemispheres; Excitatory amino acid; Glutamine synthetase

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; HEMISPHERE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030198543     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-5748(95)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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