Subacute Nicotine Exposure in Cultured Cerebellar Cells Increased the Release and Uptake of Glutamate

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 488-494

  Lim, Dong Koo ^a   Park, Sun Hee ^a   Choi, Woo Jeoung ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Glutamate transporters; Glutaminase; Glutamine synthetase; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CEREBELLUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034303036     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02976578     Document Type: Article

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