Acamprosate inhibits Ca2+ influx mediated by NMDA receptors and voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels in cultured rat mesencephalic neurones

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 362, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 440-443

  Allgaier, C ^a   Franke, H ^a   Sobottka, H ^a   Scheibler, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conotoxin MVIIC; Acamprosate; Cultured mesencephalic neurones; Fura 2; Intracellular Ca2+ concentration; NMDA receptor; Voltage dependent Ca2+ channels

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; FURA 2; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIC; POTASSIUM ION; CALCIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTION; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN-MVIIC; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELLS, CULTURED; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; OMEGA-CONOTOXINS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TAURINE;

EID: 0033626509     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002100000285     Document Type: Article

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