Arginine release from rat cerebellar astrocytes: Autocrine roles for glutamate and nitric oxide?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 372, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 262-265

  Segieth, Joanna ^a   Fowler, Leslie ^a   Whitton, Peter S ^a   Pearce, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arginine; Cerebellar astrocytes; Glutamate; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ARGININE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CEREBELLUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; S-NITROSO-N-ACETYLPENICILLAMINE;

EID: 7944232611     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.09.049     Document Type: Article

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