Neurotoxicity of Polyamines and Pharmacological Neuroprotection in Cultures of Rat Cerebellar Granule Cells

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 157-166

  Sparapani, Mauro ^a   Dall'Olio, Rossella ^a   Gandolfi, Ottavio ^a   Ciani, Elisabetta ^a   Contestabile, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 METHYL 5 PHOSPHONO 3 PENTENOIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 2,3 DIOXO 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO(F)QUINOXALINE; 2,3-DIOXO-6-NITRO-7-SULFAMOYLBENZO(F)QUINOXALINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELIPRODIL; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; IFENPRODIL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PUTRESCINE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL; RAT; SECRETION; WISTAR RAT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTIC ACID; BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTAMIC ACID; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; PIPERIDINES; PUTRESCINE; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0031262221     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6627     Document Type: Article

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