Bicuculline increases Ca2+ transients in rat cerebellar granule cells through non-GABA(A) receptor associated mechanisms

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-98

  Mestdagh, Nathalie ^a   Wülfert, Ernst ^a  

^a UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Calcium transients; Calcium induced calcium release

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM ION; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLUO 3; FLUORESCENT DYE; IONOPHORE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; THAPSIGARGIN; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CEREBELLUM; CYTOPLASM; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GABA ANTAGONISTS; IONOPHORES; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THAPSIGARGIN; XANTHENES;

EID: 0033574280     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00213-X     Document Type: Article

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