Glutamate in the enteric nervous system

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 591-596

  Kirchgessner, Annette L ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Excitotoxicity; Ionotropic glutamate receptors; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Motility; Neuroscience; Pharmacology; Physiology; Primary afferent neurons; Sensory transmission

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTORS, N METHYL D ASPARTATE;

ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMAL; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMAN; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035653311     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4892(01)00101-1     Document Type: Review

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