Neonatal toluene exposure alters glutamate-induced calcium signaling in developing cerebellar granule neurons

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1025, Issue , 2004, Pages 556-560

  Chen, Hwei Hsien ^a   Wei, Chao Ting ^a   Chan, Ming Huan ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Intracellular Ca2+; Neonatal; NMDA receptor; Toluene

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FURA 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10444285070     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1316.068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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