The HIV glycoproteins gp41 and gp120 cause rapid excitation in rat cortical slices

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-16

  Wang, Yushan S ^a   White, Thomas D ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Excitotoxicity; Glutamate; HIV gp120; HIV gp41; Rat parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; NORADRENALIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADENOSINE; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; ANIMALS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP41; HIV-1; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034623298     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01385-9     Document Type: Article

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