Excitatory and trophic action of gaba and related substances in newborn mice and organotypic cerebellar culture

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-119

  Obata, Kunihiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

GABA; Organotypic culture; Purkinje cells

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM ION; DIAZEPAM; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXCITATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

EID: 0031058170     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111195     Document Type: Article

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