Treatment of hippocampal neurons with cyclosporin A results in calcium overload and apoptosis which are independent on NMDA receptor activation

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 997-1004

  Kaminska, Bozena ^a   Figiel, Izabela ^a   Pyrzynska, Beata ^a   Czajkowski, Rafal ^a   Mosieniak, Grazyna ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calcineurin; Glutamate excitotoxicity; Immunosuppressant; MK 801; Neuronal cell death; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CALCIUM ION; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 0034890747     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704177     Document Type: Article

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