GABA and glycine are protective to mature but toxic to immature rat cortical neurons under hypoxia

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-300

  Zhao, Peng ^a   Qian, Hong ^a   Xia, Ying ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; GABA; Glycine; Hypoxia; Taurine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL HYPOXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPOXIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMBRYO; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE-2-ALANINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCINE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; REFERENCE VALUES; TAURINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23244432626     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04222.x     Document Type: Article

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