Evidence for a neurotransmitter role of glutamate in guinea pig myenteric plexus neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-112

  Sinsky M ^a   Donnerer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Glutamate release; N Methyl D aspartate receptor; Smooth muscle contractions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GUINEA PIG; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIMETHYLPHENYLPIPERAZINIUM IODIDE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUINEA PIGS; HISTAMINE; ILEUM; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032545172     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00866-0     Document Type: Article

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