Quinolinic acid-induced seizures stimulate glutamate uptake into synaptic vesicles from rat brain: Effects prevented by guanine-based purines

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-102

  Tavares, Rejane G ^a   Schmidt, André P ^a   Tasca, Carla I ^b   Souza, Diogo O ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Glutamate uptake; GMP; Guanosine; Quinolinic acid; Synaptic vesicles

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANINE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; KAINIC ACID; PICROTOXIN; PURINE; QUINOLINIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANINE; MALE; QUINOLINIC ACID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 36949014321     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-007-9421-y     Document Type: Article

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