ß-Amyloid protein-dependent nitric oxide production from microglial cells and neurotoxicity

Brain Research

Volumn 720, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 93-100

  Ii, Masayuki ^a   Sunamoto, Mie ^a   Ohnishi, Koji ^a   Ichimori, Yuzo ^a  

^a TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Interferon ; Microglial cells; Neurotoxicity; Nitric oxide; amyloid protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROGLIA; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030013534     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00156-4     Document Type: Article

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