Effects of excitatory amino acids on neuromuscular development in the chick embryo

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-95

  Calderó, Jordi ^a   Ciutat, Dolors ^a   Lladó, Jerònia ^a   Castán, Esther ^a   Oppenheim, Ronald W ^b   Esquerda, Josep E ^a  

^a Universitat de Lleida Facultat de Medicina Sabadell   (Spain)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Glutamate; Motoneurons; Muscle cells; NMDA

Indexed keywords

4 (3 PHOSPHONOPROPYL) 2 PIPERAZINECARBOXYLIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; QUISQUALIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DEATH; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030885062     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971013)387:1<73::AID-CNE7>3.3.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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