Publications by authors named "Hickling Y"

Mesencephalic dopaminergic neurones typically require the presence of serum for their survival in culture. However, the present study, outlines how neurones from the rat ventral mesencephalon (E14-16) were successfully cultured in serum-free, antioxidant-rich Neurobasal medium supplemented with B27 components. Moreover, immunostaining with mouse monoclonal microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) from day 1 to 7 in vitro revealed these cultures were primarily neuronal (80-95%).

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Neurones of the cerebral cortex immunoreactive for the neuropeptide, cholecystokinin (CCK), also invariably contain GABA. Hence CCK is believed to modulate some aspect of GABAergic synaptic activity. The present study therefore investigated the effects of CCK on basal, K(+)- and L-glutamate-induced release of [3H]GABA from slices of rat neocortex and cultured murine neocortical neurones.

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