Requirement of neural activity for the maintenance of dopaminergic neurons in rat midbrain slice cultures

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 166-170

  Katsuki, Hiroshi ^a   Takenaka, Chikako ^a   Kume, Toshiaki ^a   Kaneko, Shuji ^a   Akaike, Akinori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenylyl cyclase; Membrane depolarization; Neuronal survival; Substantia nigra; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Voltage dependent calcium channel

Indexed keywords

BUCLADESINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; NICARDIPINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOPAMINE; FORSKOLIN; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; NICARDIPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TETRODOTOXIN; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0035896465     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01570-1     Document Type: Article

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