Riluzole promotes survival of rat motoneurons in vitro by stimulating trophic activity produced by spinal astrocyte monolayers

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-211

  Peluffo, H ^a   Estevez, A ^a   Barbeito, L ^a   Stutzmann, J M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Astrocytes; Motoneuron; Riluzole; Trophic activity

Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTONEURON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DNA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUCINE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RILUZOLE; SPINAL CORD; THIAZOLES; THYMIDINE;

EID: 0030990495     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00384-4     Document Type: Article

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