Hyperammonaemia alters the mechanisms by which metabotropic glutamate receptors in nucleus accumbens modulate motor function

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-46

  Cauli, Omar ^a   Mlili, Nisrin ^a   Rodrigo, Regina ^a   Felipo, Vicente ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonaemia; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Motor function; Neuronal circuits

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; 3,5 DIHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCINE; DOPAMINE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLYCINE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RESORCINOLS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34548607777     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04734.x     Document Type: Article

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