Corticosterone impairs cultured hippocampal neurons and facilitates Ca2+ influx through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 156-160

  Zhou, Jian Zheng ^a   Zheng, Jian Quan ^a   Zhang, Yong Xiang ^a   Zhou, Jin Huang ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium channels; Cell survival; Corticosterone; Cultured cells; Hippocampus; Inhibitory concentration 50; Neurons; Patch clamp techniques

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICOSTERONE; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034141633     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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