Effects of a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor on NMDA receptor function in organotypic hippocampal cultures

Brain Research

Volumn 770, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 298-301

  Musleh, Wael ^a   Yaghoubi, Shahriar ^a   Baudry, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term potentiation; N Methyl D aspartate; Nitric oxide; Slice culture; Spectrin

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SPECTRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPECTRIN;

EID: 0030810020     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00851-2     Document Type: Article

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