Chronic exposure to ammonia alters pathways modulating phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein 2 in cerebellar neurons in culture

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2555-2562

  Sáez, Rosana ^a   Llansola, Marta ^a   Felipo, Vicente ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Neurobiologia de Prince Felipe Research Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Microtubules; NMDA receptors; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCINEURIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CALCIMYCIN; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CYCLOLEUCINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; ION TRANSPORT; IONOPHORES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345201620     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0732555.x     Document Type: Article

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