Free radicals as mediators of neuronal injury

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 667-682

  Facchinetti, Fabrizio ^a   Dawson, Valina L ^a   Dawson, Ted M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Glutamate; Hydroxyl radical; Nitric oxide; Peroxynitrite; Reactive oxygen species; Superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FREE RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0032440899     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020221919154     Document Type: Review

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