Nonaka, S

Chronic lithium treatment robustly protects neurons in the central nervous system against excitotoxicity by inhibiting N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated calcium influx. [electronic resource] - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Mar 1998 - 2642-7 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0027-8424

10.1073/pnas.95.5.2642 doi


6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione--pharmacology
Animals
Apoptosis--drug effects
Brain--cytology
Calcium--metabolism
Cell Survival
Cerebellum--cytology
Cerebral Cortex--cytology
Chromatin--drug effects
DNA Fragmentation
Dizocilpine Maleate--pharmacology
Embryo, Mammalian
Glutamic Acid--toxicity
Hippocampus--cytology
Lithium Chloride--pharmacology
Neurons--cytology
Neurotoxins--toxicity
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate--drug effects