Cholinergic modulation of baker's yeast cell phagocytosis by rat astrocytes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-22

  Gómez, Ricardo M ^a   Berría, María I ^a   Sterin Borda, Leonor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Baker's yeast cells; Carbachol; iNOS; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; 4 DIPHENYLACETOXY 1 METHYLPIPERIDINE; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; N(G) METHYLARGININE; OTENZEPAD; PIRENZEPINE; STAUROSPORINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CARBACHOL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 3242729633     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.04.034     Document Type: Article

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