Glutamate in life and death of retinal amacrine cells

General Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 289-295

  Duarte, Carlos B ^a,b   Ferreira, Ildete L ^a,b   Santos, Paulo F ^a,b   Carvalho, Ana L ^a,b   Agostinho, Paula M ^a,b   Carvalho, Arsélio P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Amacrine cells; GABA; Glutamate; Ischemia; Retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RETINA;

EID: 0032033584     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(97)00360-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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