Phoneutria spider toxins block ischemia-induced glutamate release, neuronal death, and loss of neurotransmission in hippocampus

Hippocampus

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1123-1129

  Pinheiro, Ana Cristina Do Nascimento ^a   Da Silva, Adriano Jesus ^a   Prado, Marco Antonio M ^a,b,c   Cordeiro, Marta Do Nascimento ^d   Richardson, Michael ^d   Batista, Monalise Costa ^a   De Castro Jr , Célio José ^a   Massensini, André Ricardo ^a   Guatimosim, Cristina ^a   Romano Silva, Marco A ^a   Kushmerick, Christopher ^a   Gomez, Marcus Vinicius ^a,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^e Nucleo de Pos graduacao Santa Casa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium channels blockers; Ischemia; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CONOTOXIN; ETHIDIUM; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; SPIDER VENOM;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LOSS; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELL DEATH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISCHEMIA; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; OMEGA-CONOTOXINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPIDER VENOMS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350654526     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20580     Document Type: Article

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