Retinal neurones containing kainate receptors are influenced by exogenous kainate and ischaemia while neurones lacking these receptors are not - Melatonin counteracts the effect of ischaemia and kainate

Brain Research

Volumn 755, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-100

  Cazevieille, Chantal ^a   Osborne, Neville N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HT accumulating neuron; GABAergic neuron; ischaemia; kainate; melatonin; retina culture

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KAINIC ACID; MELATONIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; TISSUE CULTURE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; ISCHEMIA; KAINIC ACID; MELATONIN; NEURONS; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0030935915     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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