Calcium channel antagonists and human immunodeficiency virus coat protein–mediated neuronal injury
Lipton S. Calcium channel antagonists and human immunodeficiency virus coat protein–mediated neuronal injury. Annals Of Neurology 1991, 30: 110-114. PMID: 1656845, DOI: 10.1002/ana.410300121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoltage-dependent calcium channelsCalcium channel antagonistsNeuronal injuryChannel antagonistsCalcium channelsHuman immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope proteinImmunodeficiency syndrome dementia complexRat retinal ganglion cellsSubsequent neuronal injuryNeuronal calcium channelsRetinal ganglion cellsVoltage-dependent Ca2Mammalian central neuronsChannel antagonist drugsNeuronal damageDementia complexMaximal doseCentral neuronsGanglion cellsDihydropyridine classIntracellular calciumAntagonist drugsElectrophysiological studiesLow micromolar concentrationsGp120