Astrocytes protect neurons from neurotoxic injury by serum glutamate

GLIA

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-248

  Ye, Zu Cheng ^a   Sontheimer, Harald ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Fetal bovine serum; Fetal calf serum; Glia; Glutamate transport; Horse serum; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL AGING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL AGING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

EID: 0032032480     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199803)22:3<237::AID-GLIA3>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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