Excitotoxicity Induced by Realgar in the Rat Hippocampus: the Involvement of Learning Memory Injury, Dysfunction of Glutamate Metabolism and NMDA Receptors

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 980-994

  Huo, Tao guang ^a   Li, Wei kai ^a   Zhang, Ying hua ^a   Yuan, Jie ^a   Gao, Lan yue ^a   Yuan, Yuan ^a   Yang, Hui lei ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a   Sun, Gui fan ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Glu metabolism and transportation; NMDA receptors; Realgar

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC DISULFIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARSENICALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SULFIDES;

EID: 84939882032     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-8753-2     Document Type: Article

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