The actin-severing protein gelsolin modulates calcium channel and NMDA receptor activities and vulnerability to excitotoxicity in hippocampal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 8178-8186

  Furukawa, Katsutoshi ^a   Fu, Weiming ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Witke, Walter ^b   Kwiatkowski, David J ^b   Mattson, Mark P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochalasin; Cytoskeleton; Epileptic seizures; Fura 2; Knock out mice; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GELSOLIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EMBRYO; EPILEPSY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0030807917     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-21-08178.1997     Document Type: Article

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