Increase of intracellular free Ca2+ in microglia activated by prion protein fragment

GLIA

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 253-257

  Herms, Jochen W ^a   Madlung, Axel ^a   Brown, David R ^a   Kretzschmar, Hans A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microglia; Peptide toxicity; Prion diseases; PrP knockout mice

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FREE RADICAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SUPEROXIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRIONS; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0031260229     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199710)21:2<253::AID-GLIA8>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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