Extracellular perfusion of rat brain nuclei using microdialysis: A method for studying differential neurotransmitter release in response to neurotoxins

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 124-131

  Reynolds Jr , Norman C ^a,b   Lin, Wen ^a   Cameron, Carey Meyer ^a   Roerig, David L ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical lesioning; Disease models; Microdialysis; Neurotoxins; Neurotransmitter release

Indexed keywords

3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN; QUINOLINIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; O-PHTHALALDEHYDE; PERFUSION; PROPIONIC ACIDS; QUINOLINIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0344604423     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(99)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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