
Rat odontoblasts may use glutamate to signal dentin injury
Keywords: ATP, Adenosine triphosphate; DMEM, Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium; EM, electron microscopic; FBS, fetal bovine serum; GluR, glutamate receptor; HSA, human serum albumin; LM, light microscopic; mGluR5, metabotropic glutamate receptor 5; NDS, normal don