Association of c-fos mRNA expression and excitotoxicity in primary cultures of mouse neocortical and cerebellar neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 533-542

  Griffiths, Roger ^a   Malcolm, Craig ^b   Ritchie, Lyndsay ^a   Frandsen, Aase ^c   Schousboe, Arne ^c   Scott, Mary ^b   Rumsby, Paul ^b   Meredith, Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b BIBRA International ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

c fos mRNA levels; Cerebellar granule cells; Cortical neurons; Cytotoxicity; Excitatory amino acids; Predictive index

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULE CELL; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYSTEINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; MICE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030985266     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970615)48:6<533::AID-JNR6>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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