Astrocyte-enhanced neuronal survival is mediated by scavenging of extracellular reactive oxygen species

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-220

  Drukarch, Benjamin ^a   Schepens, Eric ^a   Stoof, Johannes C ^a   Langeveld, Cornelis H ^a   Van Muiswinkel, Freek L ^b  

^a Graduate School of Communication   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Coculture; Free radical; Glutathione; Hy drogen peroxide; Neurodegeneration; Neurons; Neuroprotection; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CATALASE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; EMBRYO; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRITIUM;

EID: 0032528195     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(98)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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