Astrocyte-induced cortical vasodilation is mediated by D-serine and endothelial nitric oxide synthase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3149-3154

  LeMaistre Stobart, Jillian L ^a,b   Lu, Lingling ^a,b   Anderson, Hope D I ^a,b   Mori, Hisashi ^c   Anderson, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ uncaging; Functional hyperemia; Two photon

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 5,7 DICHLOROKYNURENIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DEXTRO AMINO ACID OXIDASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; DINOPROSTONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SERINE; VASODILATION;

EID: 84874255913     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1215929110     Document Type: Article

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