Prion protein peptide neurotoxicity can be mediated by astrocytes

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1105-1113

  Brown, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cell culture; Cerebellar cells; Glutamate; Mice; Neurotoxicity; Prion protein; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

AMINOADIPIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; PRION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCRAPIE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRIONS;

EID: 0032817255     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0731105.x     Document Type: Article

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