Similarities and differences in the neuronal death processes activated by 3OH-kynurenine and quinolinic acid

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1310-1318

  Chiarugi, Alberto ^a   Meli, Elena ^a   Moroni, Flavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Excitotoxicity; NMDA; Poly (ADP ribose) polymerase; Tryptophan metabolism

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; KYNURENINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; QUINOLINIC ACID; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUCOSIDES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KYNURENINE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MICE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; QUINOLINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

ANIMALIA; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0035010218     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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