Control of the phosphorylation of the astrocyte marker glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in the immature rat hippocampus by glutamate and calcium ions: Possible key factor in astrocytic plasticity

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-338

  Rodnight, R ^a   Goncalves C A ^a   Wofchuk, S T ^a   Leal, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Calcium; GFAP; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Glutamate receptors; Intermediate filament dynamics; Protein phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN);

ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS;

EID: 0031088234     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1997000300005     Document Type: Review

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