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Intracellular recordings were made in cultured neurones from foetal mouse spinal cord. The effects of applications of the neurotoxin, L-3-oxalylamino-2-amino-propionic acid (a constituent of the chickling pea, Lathyrus sativus) and its 2-oxalylamino isomer on membrane potential and conductance were
A brief exposure of hippocampal slices to L-quisqualic acid (QUIS) sensitizes CA1 pyramidal neurons 30- to 250-fold to depolarization by certain excitatory amino acids analogues, e.g., L-2-amino-6-phosphonohexanoic acid (L-AP6), and by the endogenous compound, L-cystine. This phenomenon has been
Lathyrism, a human neurological disorder has been linked to the excessive consumption of a plant toxin, beta-oxalylamino-L-alanine (L-BOAA) present in Lathyrus sativus. The present study was carried out to elucidate the biochemical mechanisms underlying L-BOAA-induced toxic insult. Incubation of