Glutathione restoration as indicator for cellular metabolism of astroglial cells

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 401-407

  Dringen, Ralf ^a   Hamprecht, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3 O methylglucose; Astroglia; Cell volume; Cysteine; Dipeptides; Glutamate; Glutathione; Glycine; Hexoses; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLGLUCOSE; AMINO ACID; CELL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; DIPEPTIDE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; THIOGLUCOSE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CELL LEVEL; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARVATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTEINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031788839     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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