Barbiturates induce mitochondrial depolarization and potentiate excitotoxic neuronal death

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 9203-9209

  Anderson, Christopher M ^a   Norquist, Becky A ^b   Vesce, Sabino ^c   Nicholls, David G ^a,d   Soine, William H ^a,b   Duan, Shumin ^a   Swanson, Raymond A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amobarbital; Calcium; Fura 2; Glutamate; N glucoside amobarbital; NMDA; Rhodamine 123; Secobarbital

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; OLIGOMYCIN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; RHODAMINE 123; SECOBARBITAL; THIAMYLAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0036848496     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-21-09203.2002     Document Type: Article

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