Alterations of intracellular calcium homeostasis and mitochondrial function are involved in ruthenium red neurotoxicity in primary cortical cultures

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 543-551

  Velasco, Iván ^a   Tapia, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Calcium; Electron microscopy; Mitochondria; Neurodegeneration; Neuronal culture

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; RUTHENIUM RED;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURITES; NEURONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RHODAMINES; RUTHENIUM RED;

EID: 0034658329     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(20000515)60:4<543::AID-JNR13>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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