Tissue type plasminogen activator amplifies hemoglobin-induced neurotoxicity in rat neuronal cultures

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-82

  Wang, Xiaoying ^a   Asahi, Minoru ^a   Lo, Eng H ^a  

^a Neuroprotection Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical neurons; Excitotoxicity; Hemorrhage; Neuroprotection; PC12 cells; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; HEMOGLOBIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; PC12 CELLS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0032836661     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00682-5     Document Type: Article

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