Metabotropic glutamate receptor expression in cultured rat astrocytes and human gliomas

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1127-1133

  Condorelli, D F ^a   Dell'Albani, P ^a,b   Corsaro, M ^a   Giuffrida, R ^a   Caruso, A ^a   Trovato Salinaro, A ^a   Spinella, F ^a   Nicoletti, F ^c,d   Albanese, V ^b   Giuffrida Stella, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Gliomas; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; mRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROGLIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; GLIOMA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030742222     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027317319166     Document Type: Article

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