Protection of ebselen against anoxic damage of cultured neurons of cerebral cortex

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-203

  Tan, Ye Xiong ^a   Li, Wan Hai ^a   Tao, Xue Bin ^a   Jiang, Yuan Ying ^a   Chen, Wei Ping ^a   Zhou, Bin ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

anoxia; cerebral cortex; cultured cells; ebselen; glutathione peroxidase; lactate dehydrogenase; neurons; thiobarbituric acid reactive substances

Indexed keywords

EBSELEN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIOXIDANTS; AZOLES; CELL HYPOXIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 0030917058     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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