Methylmercury-induced astrocytic swelling is associated with activation of the Na+/H+ antiporter, and is fully reversed by amiloride

Brain Research

Volumn 799, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-214

  Aschner, Michael ^a   Vitarella, Domenico ^b   Allen, Jeffrey W ^a   Conklin, Dawn R ^a   Cowan, Kelley S ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiloride; Aspartate; Astrocyte; Cell swelling; In vitro; Methylmercury; Potassium; Sodium

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; ANTIPORTER; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SWELLING; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPEDANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE; RAT; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

4-ACETAMIDO-4'-ISOTHIOCYANATOSTILBENE-2,2'-DISULFONIC ACID; AMILORIDE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BUMETANIDE; CELLS, CULTURED; FUROSEMIDE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER;

EID: 0032551662     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00399-0     Document Type: Article

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