Effect of NMDA antagonists on the death of cerebellar granule neurons at different ages

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 398, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-245

  Alavez, Silvestre ^a   Blancas, Sugela ^a   Morán, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cerebellar granule neurons; Depolarizing conditions; Development; Neuronal survival; NMDA; Programmed cell death or apoptosis

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CARBACHOL; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TIME FACTORS; VALINE;

EID: 33646362067     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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