The regulation of intracellular calcium in cultured hippocampal neurons and the influence of calcium buffers

Excessive activation of the major neurotransmitter glutamate receptors has been blamed as a causative mechanism in a large number of neuro-pathological situations via a process known as excitotoxicity. Excessive influx of calcium (Ca²+, and the consequent loss of Ca²+ homeostasis in neurons subje...

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Main Author: Abdel-Hamid, Khaled Mohammed
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8736