Bromocriptine prevents neuron damage following inhibition of superoxide dismutase in cultured ventral spinal cord neurons

Neurological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-392

  Iwasaki, Yasuo ^a   Ikeda, Ken ^a   Shiojima, Toshiya ^a   Tagaya, Nozomu ^a   Kobayashi, Tomoko ^a   Kinoshita, Masao ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Antioxidant; Bromocriptine; Free radical; In vitro; Superoxide dismutase; Ventral spinal cord neuron

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BROMOCRIPTINE; DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CHROMOSOME 21; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POINT MUTATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

EID: 0030873335     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1997.11740831     Document Type: Article

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