N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors contribute to the maintenance of dopaminergic neurons in rat midbrain slice cultures

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-126

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

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic AMP; Glutamate; Mesencephalic dopamine neurons; N Methyl D aspartate; Neuronal survival; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; BUCLADESINE; DIZOCILPINE; FORSKOLIN; IFENPRODIL; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEPOLARIZATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; MESENCEPHALON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0037402670     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00176-9     Document Type: Article

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