Acute exposure of toluene transiently potentiates p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity in cultured rat cortical astrocytes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 332, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-106

  Lin, H J ^a   Shaffer, K M ^a   Chang, Y H ^b   Barker, J L ^b   Pancrazio, J J ^a   Stenger, D A ^a   Ma, W ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Astrocytes; Caspase 3; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Signal transduction; Toluene

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; FLAVONOIDS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; RATS; SOLVENTS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TOLUENE;

EID: 0037206632     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00930-8     Document Type: Article

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