Evidence for the presence of N-acetylaspartylglutamate in cultured oligodendrocytes and LPS activated microglia

Brain Research

Volumn 794, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-145

  Passani, L ^a,c   Elkabes, S ^b   Coyle, J T ^a,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Excitatory amino acid; Huntington's disease; Microgilia; N acetylaspartylglutamate; Oligodendrocyte; Peptide

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIPEPTIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEUROPEPTIDES; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032565644     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00308-4     Document Type: Article

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