CA2: The most vulnerable sector to bicuculline exposure in rat hippocampal slice cultures

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-336

  Han, Chunxi ^a   Kasai, Nahoko ^a   Torimitsu, Keiichi ^a  

^a Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; CA2 sector; Hippocampal slice cultures; Neuronal cell death; P Q type voltage dependent calcium channel

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; ROSCOVITINE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM; CELL DEATH; HIPPOCAMPUS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 15944395138     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200503150-00006     Document Type: Article

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