Guanosine enhances glutamate transport capacity in brain cortical slices

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 913-921

  Frizzo, Marcos Emílio ^a   Schwalm, Fábio Duarte ^a   Frizzo, Juliana Karl ^a   Soares, Félix Antunes ^a   Souza, Diogo Onofre ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Glutamate uptake; Guanosine; Neuroprotection; Slices

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANOSINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; KINETICS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANOSINE; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRITIUM;

EID: 23844553278     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-005-4939-5     Document Type: Article

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