Autoimmune maintenance and neuroprotection of the central nervous system

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 111-114

  Cohen, Irun R ^a   Schwartz, Michal ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autoimmune maintenance; Central nervous system; Central nervous system injury

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MYELIN; MYELIN PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN INJURY; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; RATS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033378857     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(99)00190-3     Document Type: Article

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