3-Hydroxykynurenine, an endogenous oxidative stress generator, causes neuronal cell death with apoptotic features and region selectivity

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 299-307

  Okuda, Shoki ^a   Nishiyama, Nobuyoshi ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^a   Katsuki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid transporter; Antioxidants; Apoptosis; Huntington's disease; Kynurenine pathway

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYANTHRANILIC ACID; 3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; AMINO ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; CARRIER PROTEIN; KYNURENINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031972945     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70010299.x     Document Type: Article

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