NMDA receptors in glial cells: Pending questions

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-262

  Dzamba, David ^a,b   Honsa, Pavel ^a,b   Anderova, Miroslava ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Ischemia; NG2 glia; NMDA receptors; Oligodendrocyte progenitors; Oligodendrocytes; Polydendrocytes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIZOCILPINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IFENPRODIL; MAGNESIUM; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ASTROCYTE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISCHEMIA; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATCH CLAMP; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84878653056     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: 18756190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570159X11311030002     Document Type: Review

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