supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.39770251);the Medical Foundation of the People's Liberation Army,China(No.01Z082,06MA234);the Foundation of the Fourth Military Medical University(No.05ZXJM001)
Objective To investigate whether hypertonic saline (HS) can induce the synthesis and release of glutamate in cultured hypothalamic astrocytes or C6 cell line. Methods Astrocytes were isolated, cultured, purified and...