Submissions tagged with glutamate
(3 documents)
Steroidal anti inflammatory drug betamethasone significantly alters level of striatal dopamine in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease
Many scientific efforts have been well done to investigate the effects of anti inflammatory agents on the degenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson’s (PD) or Alzheimer’s disease and their affil…
Received 25 September 2008 20:10 UTC; Posted 26 September 2008
Posted to: Chemistry, Immunology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology
A PI3K-mediated negative feedback regulates Drosophila motor neuron excitability
Negative feedback can act as a homeostatic mechanism to maintain neuronal activity at a particular specified value. At the Drosophila neuromuscular junction, a mutation in the type II metabotropic …
Received 04 April 2008 21:41 UTC; Posted 07 April 2008
Posted to: Molecular Cell Biology, Neuroscience
DARPP-32 is a robust integrator of dopamine and glutamate signals
Integration of neurotransmitter and neuromodulator signals in the striatum plays a central role in the functions and dysfunctions of the basal ganglia. DARPP-32 is a key actor of this integration i…
Received 30 November 2006 13:14 UTC; Posted 30 November 2006
Posted to: Neuroscience
