Glycine and glycine receptor signalling in non-neuronal cells

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2009, Pages

  Van den Eynden, Jimmy ^a   Ali, Sheen Saheb ^a   Horwood, Nikki ^b   Carmans, Sofie ^a   Brône, Bert ^a   Hellings, Niels ^a   Steels, Paul ^a   Harvey, Robert J ^c   Rigo, Jean Michel ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoprotection; Endothelial cells; Glia; Glycine receptor; Hepatocytes; Immune cells; Renal cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858265031     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.02.009.2009     Document Type: Review

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