Excitotoxicity in the Enteric Nervous System
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Excitotoxicity in the enteric nervous system.
Glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the CNS, is also an excitatory neurotransmitter in the enteric nervous system (ENS). We tested the hypothesis that excessive exposure to glutamate, or related agonists, produces neurotoxicity in enteric neurons. Prolonged stimulation of enteric ganglia by glutamate caused necrosis and apoptosis in enteric neurons. Acute and delayed cell deaths...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-22-08804.1997