Effects of glutamate-induced excitotoxicity on calretinin-expressing neuron populations in the area postrema of the rat

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-233

  Jászai, József ^a,b   Farkas, Lilla M ^a,b   Gallatz, Katalin ^a   Palkovits, Miklós ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area postrema; Calcium binding proteins; Calretinin; Circumventricular organs; Excitotoxicity; Monosodium glutamate; Rat (Wistar)

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM GLUTAMATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031827368     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051114     Document Type: Article

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