Proteolysis of NR2B by calpain in the hippocampus of epileptic rats

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-396

  Araújo, Inês M ^a   Xapelli, Sara ^b   Gil, Joana M A C ^c   Mohapel, Paul ^c   Petersén, Åsa ^c   Pinheiro, Paulo S ^b   Malva, João O ^b   Bahr, Ben A ^d   Brundin, Patrik ^c   Carvalho, Caetana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Calpains; Epilepsy; Excitotoxicity; Hippocampus; N methyl D aspartate receptors; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXCITOTOXICITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; CALPAIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 20144387582     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200503150-00017     Document Type: Article

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