Protective effect of MKC-231, a novel high affinity choline uptake enhancer, on glutamate cytotoxicity in cultured cortical neurons

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-222

  Akaike, Akinori ^a   Maeda, Takehiko ^a   Kaneko, Satoshi ^a,b   Tamura, Yutaka ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Glutamate; MKC 231

Indexed keywords

2 (2 OXO 1 PYRROLIDINYL) N (5,6,7,8 TETRAHYDRO 2,3 DIMETHYLFURO[2,3 B]QUINOLIN 4 YL)ACETAMIDE; ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IONOMYCIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; S NITROSOCYSTEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHOLINE UPTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FETUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0031911138     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.76.219     Document Type: Article

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