High extracellular glycine does not potentiate N-methyl-D-aspartate-evoked depolarization in vivo

Brain Research

Volumn 746, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 190-194

  Obrenovitch, Tihomir P ^a   Hardy, Aidan M ^a   Urenjak, Jutta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Extracellular field (DC) potential; Extracellular field (DC) potentialN Methyl D aspartate; Glutamate; Glycine; Ischemia; Microdialysis; N Methyl D aspartate

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICRODIALYSIS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031019876     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01197-3     Document Type: Article

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