Regulation of the phosphorylation of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) by glutamate and calcium ions in slices of immature rat spinal cord: Comparison with immature hippocampus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-143

  Kommers, Trícia ^a   Vinadé, Lucia ^a   Pereira, Clarissa ^a   Gonçalves, Carlos A ^a   Wofchuk, Susana ^a   Rodnight, Richard ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium ions; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Protein phosphorylation; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; SPINAL CORD; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0032577419     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00340-1     Document Type: Article

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