Melatonin prevents the delayed death of hippocampal neurons induced by enhanced excitatory neurotransmission and the nitridergic pathway

FASEB Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 725-731

  Skater, Stephen D ^a,b   Ancona, Biancamaria ^a   Facci, Laura ^a   Franceschini, Davide ^a   Giusti, Pietro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocyt es; Excitotoxicity; GSH; Hippocampus; Neuroprotection; NO ; ROS; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031835307     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.12.9.725     Document Type: Article

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