Methylmercury increases glutamate release from brain synaptosomes and glutamate uptake by cortical slices from suckling rat pups: Modulatory effect of ebselen

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-140

  Farina, Marcelo ^a,b   Dahm, K C S ^b   Schwalm, F D ^b   Brusque, A M ^b   Frizzo, M E S ^b   Zeni, G ^c   Souza, D O ^b   Rocha, J B T ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cortical slices; Ebselen; Glutamate release; Glutamate uptake; Methylmercury; Synaptosomes

Indexed keywords

EBSELEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHYLMERCURY; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG INHIBITION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; SUCKLING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84984538861     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfg058     Document Type: Article

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