Proliferation-dependent vulnerability of glucose-deprived astrocytes to nitric oxide-induced cytotoxicity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-112

  Choi, Jung Jin ^a   Kim, Won Ki ^a,b  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Cell death; Glucose deprivation; Nitric oxide; Primary culture; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; NITRIC OXIDE; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; GLUCOSE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032491425     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00763-0     Document Type: Article

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