Measurement of intracellular Ca2+ in cultured rat embryonic hippocampal neurons using a fluorescence microplate reader: Potential application to biomolecular screening

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-87

  Hemstapat, Kamondanai ^a   Smith, Maree T ^a   Monteith, Gregory R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calcium oscillations; Neurons

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; DECAHYDRO 6 PHOSPHONOMETHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MAGNESIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; FLUO 3; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG SCREENING; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; RAT; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FETUS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; ISOQUINOLINES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; XANTHENES;

EID: 1342328200     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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