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(1R,3S)-1-Aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid (RS-ACPD) reduces intracellular glutamate levels in astrocytes

scientific article published in November 2001

A depolarization-stimulated, bafilomycin-inhibitable H+ pump in hippocampal astrocytes

scientific article published on 01 December 1993

A quantitative study of developing axons and glia following altered gliogenesis in rat optic nerve

scientific article published in August 1986

A simple method for making ion-selective microelectrodes suitable for intracellular recording in vertebrate cells

article by M J Borrelli et al published 1 October 1985 in Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Activation, permeability, and inhibition of astrocytic and neuronal large pore (hemi)channels

scientific article

Activity-dependent K+ accumulation in the developing rat optic nerve

scientific article published in Science

Activity-dependent shrinkage of extracellular space in rat optic nerve: a developmental study.

scientific article published in February 1985

Amino acid pharmacology of mammalian central neurones grown in tissue culture

scientific article published on 01 July 1978

Anaerobic function of CNS white matter declines with age.

scientific article published on 22 December 2010

Anoxia effects on CNS function and survival: regional differences

scientific article published in November 2004

Anoxia-induced changes in extracellular K+ and pH in mammalian central white matter

scientific article published in July 1992

Anoxia-induced extracellular ionic changes in CNS white matter: the role of glial cells

scientific article published in January 1992

Anoxic injury of CNS white matter: protective effect of ketamine

scientific article published in September 1990

Anoxic injury of rat optic nerve: ultrastructural evidence for coupling between Na+ influx and Ca(2+)-mediated injury in myelinated CNS axons

scientific article published in May 1994

Antigenic abnormalities in fiber tract astrocytes of myelin-deficient rats: an immunocytochemical study in the olfactory cortex

scientific article published on 01 January 1989

Astrocyte glycogen and brain energy metabolism

scientific article published on September 2007

Astrocyte glycogen as an emergency fuel under conditions of glucose deprivation or intense neural activity

scientific article published on 20 July 2014

Astrocyte glycogen metabolism is required for neural activity during aglycemia or intense stimulation in mouse white matter.

scientific article published in January 2005

Astrocytes convert the parkinsonism inducing neurotoxin, MPTP, to its active metabolite, MPP+

scientific article published on 01 April 1987

Astrocytic glycogen influences axon function and survival during glucose deprivation in central white matter

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Autoprotective mechanisms in the CNS: some new lessons from white matter.

scientific article published on February 1996

Axon conduction and survival in CNS white matter during energy deprivation: a developmental study

scientific article published in January 1998

Axon function persists during anoxia in mammalian white matter

scientific article published in November 2003

Axons get excited to death

scientific article

Brain extracellular space: developmental studies in rat optic nerve.

scientific article published on January 1986

Cd(2+)-induced injury in CNS white matter

scientific article

Cell coupling is restricted to subpopulations of astrocytes cultured from rat hippocampus and optic nerve

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Changes in [Ca2+]0 during anoxia in CNS white matter.

scientific article published in June 1998

Characteristics of activity-dependent potassium accumulation in mammalian peripheral nerve in vitro

scientific article published in June 1991

Characterization of 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-d-arabinitol (DAB) as an inhibitor of brain glycogen shunt activity

scientific article published on 24 January 2008

Characterization of Na+/H+ exchange activity in cultured rat hippocampal astrocytes

scientific article

Chloride conductance and extracellular potassium concentration interact to modify the excitability of rat optic nerve fibres

scientific article published on October 1, 1984

Compound action potential of nerve recorded by suction electrode: a theoretical and experimental analysis

scientific article

Connexin Hemichannels in Astrocytes: An Assessment of Controversies Regarding Their Functional Characteristics

scientific article published on 22 April 2017

Depolarization-induced alkalinization (DIA) in rat hippocampal astrocytes

scientific article published on 01 December 1994

Development of cell-cell coupling among cells of the oligodendrocyte lineage.

scientific article published in April 1993

Does astrocytic glycogen benefit axon function and survival in CNS white matter during glucose deprivation?

scientific article published on September 1, 1997

Dye-coupling between glial cells in the guinea pig neocortical slice

scientific article published in June 1981

Dysarthria--clumsy hand syndrome produced by capsular infarct

scientific article published on 01 September 1979

Effect of ethylisopropyl amiloride on intracellular pH regulation in cultured rat astrocytes

scientific article published on 01 January 1989

Effects of CO2 on excitatory transmission apparently caused by changes in intracellular pH in the rat hippocampal slice

scientific article published in January 1996

Effects of altered gliogenesis on activity-dependent K+ accumulation in the developing rat optic nerve.

scientific article

Effects of chronic phenobarbital exposure on cultured mouse spinal cord neurons

scientific article published in September 1988

Effects of glucose deprivation, chemical hypoxia, and simulated ischemia on Na+ homeostasis in rat spinal cord astrocytes.

scientific article published in May 1998

Effects of polyvalent cations and dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers on recovery of CNS white matter from anoxia

scientific article published in July 1990

Effects of temperature on evoked electrical activity and anoxic injury in CNS white matter

scientific article published on November 1, 1992

Electrical coupling between astrocytes and between oligodendrocytes studied in mammalian cell cultures.

scientific article published in January 1988

Electrical coupling, without dye coupling, between mammalian astrocytes and oligodendrocytes in cell culture

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

Electrophysiological properties of ependymal cells (radial glia) in dorsal cortex of the turtle, Pseudemys scripta

scientific article

Emerging Roles for Glycogen in the CNS.

scientific article published on 16 March 2017

Endogenous GABA attenuates CNS white matter dysfunction following anoxia

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Energy transfer from astrocytes to axons: the role of CNS glycogen

scientific article

Excitotoxic mechanisms of ischemic injury in myelinated white matter

scientific article published on 14 February 2007

Expression of proteinase-activated receptors in mouse microglial cells

scientific article published in December 2003

Fructose metabolism in the adult mouse optic nerve, a central white matter tract

scientific article published on 3 May 2006

Fructose supports energy metabolism of some, but not all, axons in adult mouse optic nerve

scientific article

Functional connexin “hemichannels”: A critical appraisal

scientific article (publication date: 2006)

Functional hemichannels in astrocytes: a novel mechanism of glutamate release.

scientific article published in May 2003

Gap junctions equalize intracellular Na+ concentration in astrocytes

scientific article published in August 1997

Glial modulation of neural excitability mediated by extracellular pH: a hypothesis

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Glycogen function in adult central and peripheral nerves.

scientific article published on 30 April 2013

Glycogen regulation and functional role in mouse white matter

scientific article published on 4 April 2003

High titers of autoantibodies to glutamate decarboxylase in type 1 diabetes patients: epitope analysis and inhibition of enzyme activity

scientific article

Hypoglycemia and white matter: pathophysiology of axon injury and role of glycogen.

scientific article

Hypothermic neuroprotection during reperfusion following exposure to aglycemia in central white matter is mediated by acidification

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

In memoriam: an appreciation of Richard Orkand: 1936-2002.

scientific article published in September 2002

Increased cytotoxic potential of microglia from ALS-transgenic mice

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Intracellular Ca2+ release and ischemic axon injury: the Trojan horse is back.

scientific article published on September 2003

Intracellular pH regulation in single cultured astrocytes from rat forebrain

scientific article published in August 1993

Intracellular pH shifts capable of uncoupling cultured oligodendrocytes are seen only in low HCO3- solution

scientific article published on 01 January 1990

Intracellular sodium homeostasis in rat hippocampal astrocytes

scientific article published in March 1996

Intrinsic optical signals in the rat optic nerve: role for K(+) uptake via NKCC1 and swelling of astrocytes.

scientific article published in February 2002

Ion channels in spinal cord astrocytes in vitro. I. Transient expression of high levels of Na+ and K+ channels

scientific article published in October 1992

Ion-sensitive microelectrode measurements of free intracellular chloride and potassium concentrations in hyperthermia-treated neuroblastoma cells

scientific article published in November 1986

Ionic alterations during anoxia in mammalian white matter

scientific article published on 01 January 1989

Ionic determinants of excitability in cultured mouse dorsal root ganglion and spinal cord cells

scientific article

Ionic determinants of membrane potential of cells presumed to be glia in cerebral cortex of cat.

scientific article published in September 1973

Ionic mechanisms of aglycemic axon injury in mammalian central white matter.

scientific article published in April 2001

Ionic mechanisms of anoxic injury in mammalian CNS white matter: role of Na+ channels and Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger

scientific article published in February 1992

Ischemic Preconditioning in White Matter: Magnitude and Mechanism

scientific article

Ischemic injury of optic nerve axons: the nuts and bolts.

scientific article

Isoform-specific expression of sodium channels in astrocytes in vitro: immunocytochemical observations

scientific article published on 01 June 1995

Letter: Possible pathophysiology of neurologic abnormalities associated with nonketotic hyperglycinemia

scientific article published on June 3, 1976

Letter: The pathology of cerebral edema

scientific article published in September 1975

Levodopa-responsive parkinsonism following central herniation due to bilateral subdural hematomas

scientific article published on 01 February 1990

Loss of astrocytic domain organization in the epileptic brain.

scientific article published in March 2008

Lysophosphatidic acid-induced calcium signals in cultured rat oligodendrocytes

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

Macromolecular structure of axon membrane and action potential conduction in myelin deficient and myelin deficient heterozygote rat optic nerves

scientific article published on 01 February 1990

Mechanisms of H+ and Na+ changes induced by glutamate, kainate, and D-aspartate in rat hippocampal astrocytes.

scientific article published in September 1996

Metabolic substrates other than glucose support axon function in central white matter

scientific article published in December 2001

Metabolism of Glycogen in Brain White Matter

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Microglial Hv1 proton channels promote white matter injuries after chronic hypoperfusion in mice

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Modulation of anoxic injury in CNS white matter by adenosine and interaction between adenosine and GABA

scientific article published on 01 December 1994

Modulation of parallel fiber excitability by postsynaptically mediated changes in extracellular potassium

scientific article published on 01 October 1981

Morphology of astrocytes and oligodendrocytes during development in the intact rat optic nerve

scientific article published in December 1993

Mouse spinal cord in cell culture. I. Morphology and intrinsic neuronal electrophysiologic properties

scientific article published on September 1, 1977

Mouse spinal cord in cell culture. II. Synaptic activity and circuit behavior

scientific article published on September 1, 1977

Mouse spinal cord in cell culture. III. Neuronal chemosensitivity and its relationship to synaptic activity

scientific article published on September 1, 1977

Mouse spinal cord in cell culture. IV. Modulation of inhibitory synaptic function

scientific article published on September 1, 1977

Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger mediates Ca2+ influx during anoxia in mammalian central nervous system white matter

scientific article published in September 1991

Na(+)-current expression in rat hippocampal astrocytes in vitro: alterations during development

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Neurons from fetal rat brain in a new cell culture system: A multidisciplinary analysis

scientific article published on June 6, 1975

Neuropathy in the hypereosinophilic syndrome

scientific article published on 01 May 1983

Neuroprotective effects of increased extracellular Ca(2+) during aglycemia in white matter

scientific article published in September 2002

New light on white matter

scientific article published in February 2003

New roles for astrocytes (stars at last).

scientific article published on October 2003

New roles for astrocytes: redefining the functional architecture of the brain

scientific article published on October 2003

Non-synaptic mechanisms of Ca(2+)-mediated injury in CNS white matter.

scientific article published on October 1991

Noninactivating, tetrodotoxin-sensitive Na+ conductance in rat optic nerve axons.

scientific article

Novel hypoglycemic injury mechanism: N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated white matter damage

scientific article

Octanol, a gap junction uncoupling agent, changes intracellular [H+] in rat astrocytes

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

Oligodendrocyte lineage cells and depression

scientific article published on 03 November 2020

Parkinson's disease

scientific article

Pentobarbital modulates transmitter effects on mouse spinal neurones grown in tissue culture.

scientific article published in April 1975

Pentobarbital selectively enhances GABA-mediated post-synaptic inhibition in tissue cultured mouse spinal neurons

scientific article published in September 1976

Pentobarbitone pharmacology of mammalian central neurones grown in tissue culture.

scientific article published in July 1978

Pharmacological characterization of Na+ influx via voltage-gated Na+ channels in spinal cord astrocytes

scientific article published in December 1997

Pharmacological protection of CNS white matter during anoxia: actions of phenytoin, carbamazepine and diazepam.

scientific article published in September 1993

Protecting white matter from stroke injury.

scientific article published on 04 December 2012

Protection of the axonal cytoskeleton in anoxic optic nerve by decreased extracellular calcium

scientific article published in June 1993

Rat hippocampal astrocytes exhibit electrogenic sodium-bicarbonate co-transport

scientific article published on 01 December 1994

Rat optic nerve: disruption of gliogenesis with 5-azacytidine during early postnatal development

scientific article published in June 1985

Regulation of intracellular sodium in cultured rat hippocampal neurones

scientific article published in March 1997

Relationship between Na+ current expression and cell-cell coupling in astrocytes cultured from rat hippocampus

scientific article

Retracted: The ANP-cGMP-protein kinase G pathway induces a phagocytic phenotype but decreases inflammatory gene expression in microglial cells.

retracted scientific article

Reverse operation of the Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger mediates Ca2+ influx during anoxia in mammalian CNS white matter

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Roles of White Matter in Central Nervous System Pathophysiologies

scientific article published on March 22, 2012

Slow depolarization in cells presumed to be glia in cerebral cortex of cat.

scientific article published in September 1973

Slow hyperpolarization in cells presumed to be glia in cerebral cortex of cat.

scientific article published in September 1973

Sodium channel expression in optic nerve astrocytes chronically deprived of axonal contact

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Sodium channel mRNAs I, II and III in the CNS: cell-specific expression.

scientific article

Sodium channel mRNAs in cultured spinal cord astrocytes: in situ hybridization in identified cell types

scientific article published in May 1994

Studying Human Glial Cells: Where Are We Today?

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Tertiary and quaternary local anesthetics protect CNS white matter from anoxic injury at concentrations that do not block excitability

scientific article published in January 1992

The behavior of presumed glial cells during seizure discharge in cat cerebral cortex

scientific article published on March 29, 1974

The effect of barbiturate and procaine on glial and neuronal contributions to evoked cortical steady potential shifts

scientific article

The expression of sodium channels in astrocytes in situ and in vitro

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

The neurophysiology of glial cells

scientific article published on April 1, 1992

The pathophysiology of anoxic injury in central nervous system white matter.

scientific article

The role of AQP4 in neuromyelitis optica: More answers, more questions.

scientific article published on 7 June 2016

The youngest reported case of corticobasal degeneration

scientific article published in October 2003

Thrombin-induced activation of cultured rodent microglia

scientific article published on 01 October 2000

Tip size of ion-exchanger based K+-selective microelectrodes. I. Effects on selectivity

scientific article published in May 1987

Tip size of ion-exchanger based K+-selective microelectrodes. II. Effects on measurement of evoked [K+]0 transients

scientific article published in May 1987

Transfer of glycogen-derived lactate from astrocytes to axons via specific monocarboxylate transporters supports mouse optic nerve activity.

scientific article published in September 2005

Two mechanisms for poststimulus hyperpolarisations in cultured mammalian neurones

scientific article published on 01 July 1975

Two types of Na(+)-currents in cultured rat optic nerve astrocytes: changes with time in culture and with age of culture derivation

scientific article published in October 1991

Type II sodium channels in spinal cord astrocytes in situ: immunocytochemical observations

scientific article published on 01 November 1994

Ultrastructural concomitants of anoxic injury and early post-anoxic recovery in rat optic nerve

scientific article published in March 1992

Ultrastructural identification of HRP-injected oligodendrocytes in the intact rat optic nerve

scientific article

Uniquely hominid features of adult human astrocytes

scientific article

Unraveling thrombin's true microglia-activating potential: markedly disparate profiles of pharmaceutical-grade and commercial-grade thrombin preparations

scientific article published in November 2005

Vertebrate Glial Classification, Lineage, and Heterogeneity

scientific article published on January 1, 1991

Visualization of oligodendrocytes and astrocytes in the intact rat optic nerve by intracellular injection of lucifer yellow and horseradish peroxidase

article by Butt AM & Bruce R Ransom published 1 January 1989 in Glia

Voltage-gated calcium channels in CNS white matter: role in anoxic injury

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

White matter vulnerability to ischemic injury increases with age because of enhanced excitotoxicity.

scientific article published in February 2008