Carnosine and taurine protect rat cerebellar granular cells from free radical damage

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 169-172

  Boldyrev, Alexander A ^a   Johnson, Peter ^b   Wei, Yanzhang ^b   Tan, Yuansheng ^c   Carpenter, David O ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Morpholinosydnonimine hydrochloride; Carnosine; Free radicals; Kainic acid; Neuron; Taurine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CARNOSINE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; LINSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULE CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 0033605527     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00150-0     Document Type: Article

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