Albumin elicits calcium signals from astrocytes in brain slices from neonatal rat cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 509, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 711-716

  Nadal, Angel ^a,b   Sul, Jai Yoon ^a   Valdeolmillos, Miguel ^b   McNaughton, P A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM; METHANOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL SUBPOPULATION;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CALCIUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS;

EID: 0032525877     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.711bm.x     Document Type: Article

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