1997
Extracellular glutamate and dopamine measured by microdialysis in the rat striatum during blockade of synaptic transmission in anesthetized and awake rats
Shiraishi M, Kamiyama Y, Hüttemeier P, Benveniste H. Extracellular glutamate and dopamine measured by microdialysis in the rat striatum during blockade of synaptic transmission in anesthetized and awake rats. Brain Research 1997, 759: 221-227. PMID: 9221940, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)00258-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlutamate levelsExtracellular glutamateAwake ratsMicrodialysis probeExtracellular striatal glutamateHalothane-anesthetized ratsNormal female ratsEffects of anesthesiaLower glutamate levelsTTX concentrationsStriatal glutamateBrain interstitialBrain metabolismDialysate dopamineFemale ratsSynaptic transmissionRat striatumMicrodialysis measurementsNeurotoxic potentialTetrodotoxinRatsNon-stimulated conditionsProbe implantationGlutamateAnesthesia
1988
Calcium accumulation by glutamate receptor activation is involved in hippocampal cell damage after ischemia
Benveniste H, Jørgensen M, Diemer N, Hansen A. Calcium accumulation by glutamate receptor activation is involved in hippocampal cell damage after ischemia. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 1988, 78: 529-536. PMID: 2906199, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1988.tb03697.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptorN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsCell damageNerve cell destructionComplete cerebral ischemiaBrain cell damageMin of ischemiaOnset of ischemiaHippocampal cell damageGlutamate receptor activationCA 1 regionRole of intracellularCerebral ischemiaIschemic periodBilateral destructionDenervated hippocampusAfferent inputSynaptic transmissionCalcium influxIschemiaCompetitive antagonistReceptor activationHistological studyCell destructionCalcium accumulation