A synthetic ceramide analog (L-PDMP) up-regulates neuronal function

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 845, Issue , 1998, Pages 219-224

  Inokuchi, Jin Ichi ^a,d   Mizutani, Akihiro ^a   Jimbo, Masayuki ^a   Usuki, Seigou ^a   Yamagishi, Kiwamu ^a   Mochizuki, Hideo ^a   Muramoto, Kazuyo ^b   Kobayashi, Kazuo ^b   Kuroda, Yoichiro ^b   Iwasaki, Katsunori ^c   Ohgami, Yusuke ^c   Fujiwara, Michihiro ^c  

^a SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 DECANOYLAMINO 3 MORPHOLINO 1 PHENYL 1 PROPANOL; CALCIUM ION; CERAMIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENANTIOMER; FACILITATION; FOREBRAIN; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031903951     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09674.x     Document Type: Article

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