Ergothioneine treatment protects neurons against N-methyl-D-aspartate excitotoxicity in an in vivo rat retinal model

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-59

  Moncaster, Juliet A ^a   Walsh, Desmond T ^a   Gentleman, Stephen M ^a   Jen, Ling Sun ^a   Aruoma, Okezie I ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ergothioneine; Free radicals; N Methyl D aspartate; Neurodegeneration; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; THIONEINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; TOXICITY; VITREOUS BODY;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; ERGOTHIONEINE; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0037008393     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00427-5     Document Type: Article

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