Melatonin protects primary cultures of rat cortical neurones from NMDA excitotoxicity and hypoxia/reoxygenation

Brain Research

Volumn 768, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 120-124

  Cazevieille, Chantal ^a   Safa, Rukhsana ^a   Osborne, Neville N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical cultures; Ischaemia; Melatonin; Neuroprotection; NMDA

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM 45; DIZOCILPINE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; IRON; KAINIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FETUS; HYPOXIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REOXYGENATION; TOXICITY;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MELATONIN; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXYGEN; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 0030862019     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00611-2     Document Type: Article

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