Cu2+ induces Ca2+-dependent neurotransmitter release from brain catecholaminergic nerve terminals

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 373, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 163-169

  Wang, James K T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine release; Cu2+; K+ channel; Synaptosome; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CATECHOLAMINE; COPPER CHLORIDE; COPPER ION; DOPAMINE; NICKEL CHLORIDE; NORADRENALIN; TETRODOTOXIN; ZINC CHLORIDE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CALCIUM; COPPER; DIVALENT CATION; HEAVY METAL; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTOSOME; TIME;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CATECHOLAMINES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COPPER; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; NERVE ENDINGS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTOSOMES; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032588463     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00275-7     Document Type: Article

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