Inhibition of free radical production or free radical scavenging protects from the excitotoxic cell death mediated by glutamate in cultures of cerebellar granule neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 728, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Ciani, Elisabetta ^a,b   Grøneng, Lena ^b   Voltattorni, Manuela ^a   Rolseth, Veslemøy ^b   Contestabile, Antonio ^a   Paulsen, Ragnhild E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Apoptosis; Enzyme inhibitor; Free radical; Glutamate toxicity; Granule neuron; Necrosis; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ALLOPURINOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; AURINTRICARBOXYLIC ACID; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DIZOCILPINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; N(G) NITROARGININE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

EID: 0030597992     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00382-4     Document Type: Article

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