Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors mediate an inward current in rat substantia nigra dopamine neurons that is independent from calcium mobilization

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1974-1981

  Guatteo, Ezia ^a   Mercuri, Nicola B ^a,b,d   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a,b   Knöpfel, Thomas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 3,5 DIHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA METHYL 4 CARBOXYPHENYLGLYCINE; CALCIUM ION; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CURRENT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0032841397     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.4.1974     Document Type: Article

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