Inhibition of glutamine synthetase in rabbit pneumococcal meningitis is associated with neuronal apoptosis in the dentate gyrus

GLIA

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-18

  Tumani, Hayrettin ^a,b   Smirnov, Alexander ^a   Barchfeld, Sandra ^a   Olgemöller, Ulrike ^a   Maier, Katharina ^a   Lange, Peter ^a   Brück, Wolfgang ^a   Nau, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity assay; Enzyme immunoassay; Granular cells; L methionine sulfoximine

Indexed keywords

ENOLASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; OSMOLARITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; NEURONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034023717     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(200003)30:1<11::AID-GLIA2>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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