Increase of catechol-O-methyltransferase activity in rat brain microglia after intrastriatal infusion of fluorocitrate, a glial toxin

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-158

  Reenilä, Ilkka ^a   Tuomainen, Päivi ^a   Soinila, Seppo ^b   Männistö, Pekka T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyltransferase; Catechol O methyltransferase localization; Fluorocitrate; Microglia; Rat; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); FLUOROCITRIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ANIMALS; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CITRATES; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYTOTOXINS; MALE; MICROGLIA; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030859297     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00502-8     Document Type: Article

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