N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA glutamate receptor antagonists protect from apoptosis induced in the lateral geniculate nucleus of rabbits exposed to the dark

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-188

  Nucci, Carlo ^a   Piccirilli, Silvia ^a,b   Bagetta, Giacinto ^c,d   Nisticò, Giuseppe ^a   Cerulli, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c Calabria University at Cosenza   (Italy)

^d Mondino Tor Vergata Center for Experimental Neuropharmacology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Lateral geniculate nucleus; NMDA receptors; Non NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VISION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BIOTIN; DARKNESS; DEOXYURACIL NUCLEOTIDES; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STAINING AND LABELING; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 0030876042     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00455-2     Document Type: Article

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