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Baylor College of Medicine(Current)
University of California, Irvine
K Vaca is an author at Baylor College of Medicine specializing in medicine, neuroscience, and neurophysiology.
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MedicineNeuroscienceNeurophysiologyPhysiologyNeurotransmissionSynaptic TransmissionNeurologyNervous SystemNeurochemistrySocial Sciences
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1976–1993
Brain glia release factors with opposing actions upon neuronal survival
Dana Giulian, K Vaca, M Corpuz · Journal of Neuroscience · 1993 · 434 citations · Full text
Glial Biology, Neurotoxicology, Synaptic Transmission +29
Aspartate and glutamate as possible transmitters of excitatory hippocampal afferents
J. Victor Nadler, K Vaca, William F. White et al. · Nature · 1976 · 302 citations
Excitatory Hippocampal Afferents, Synaptic Plasticity, Neurophysiology +9
The envelope glycoprotein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 stimulates release of neurotoxins from monocytes.
Dana Giulian, Emily Wendt, K Vaca et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1993 · 231 citations · Full text
Inflammatory glia mediate delayed neuronal damage after ischemia in the central nervous system.
Dana Giulian, K Vaca · PubMed · 1993 · 155 citations
Immunology, Neuronal Damage, Neuroinflammation +25
BIOCHEMICAL CORRELATES OF TRANSMISSION MEDIATED BY GLUTAMATE AND ASPARTATE
J. Victor Nadler, William F. White, K Vaca et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 1978 · 118 citations
Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmitter, Neurotransmission +19
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