Effects of progesterone on amino acid neurotransmitters released from rat cerebral cortical neurons

Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 680-683

  Xue, Gai ^a,b   Wu, Hong Hai ^a   Hou, Yan Ning ^a,b  

^a BETHUNE INTERNATIONAL PEACE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Glutamate; Neuron; Progesterone; aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 47649120836     PISSN: 10011978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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