Kainate-induced delayed onset of excitotoxicity with functional loss unrelated to the extent of neuronal damage in the in vitro spinal cord

Neuroscience

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 451-462

  Mazzone, G L ^a   Margaryan, G ^a   Kuzhandaivel, A ^a   Nasrabady, S E ^a   Mladinic, M ^a,b   Nistri, A ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fictive locomotion; Kainate; Kainic acid; Motoneuron; Organotypic culture; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

FORMAZAN; KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KAINIC ACID; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77952875450     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.03.055     Document Type: Article

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