Neurotoxicity of glia activated by gram-positive bacterial products depends on nitric oxide production

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3148-3153

  Kim, Young S ^a   Täuber, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIZOCILPINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030017211     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3148-3153.1996     Document Type: Article

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