Astrocytes provide cysteine to neurons by releasing glutathione

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1434-1442

  Wang, Xue Feng ^a   Cynader, Max S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Astrocytes; Conditioned medium; Glutathione; Neurons; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; NEURONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0001412747     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0741434.x     Document Type: Article

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