Cerebellar granule cells cultured from adolescent rats express functional NMDA receptors: An in vitro model for studying the developing cerebellum

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 900-911

  Popp, R M Lisa ^a,b   Reneau, Jason C ^a   Dertien, Janet S ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent rats; Cerebellar granule cells; Ethanol; Laser scanning confocal microscopy; NMDA receptors; Primary cultures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 BENZYL ALPHA (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) BETA METHYL 1 PIPERIDINEPROPANOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2C; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ALPHA6 SUBUNIT, GABA A RECEPTOR; ALPHA6 SUBUNIT, GABA-A RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHOLE CELL; AGE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CEREBELLUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CEREBELLUM; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHENOLS; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51649109717     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05464.x     Document Type: Article

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