Ascorbic acid prevents β-amyloid-induced intracellular calcium increase and cell death in PC12 cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-108

  Yallampalli, Sasidhar ^a   Micci, Maria Adelaide ^a   Taglialatela, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Ascorbic acid; Beta amyloid; Calcium; Cell death; Free radical; Neuron

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM ION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; PC12 CELLS; RATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032563234     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00515-1     Document Type: Article

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