Multiple roles of glutathione in the central nervous system

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 793-802

  Cooper, Arthur J L ^a   Kristal, Bruce S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

glutamyl cycle; Anti oxidants; Glutathione; Glutathione disulfide; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

2 OXO 4 THIAZOLIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; ASCORBIC ACID; CYSTEINE; ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFUR; SULFURTRANSFERASE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PROTECTION; CELL DEATH; CELL TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOROID PLEXUS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0030792637     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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