Methylmercury-induced reactive oxygen species formation in neonatal cerebral astrocytic cultures is attenuated by antioxidants

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-91

  Shanker, Gouri ^a   Aschner, Michael ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Astrocytes; In vitro; Methylmercury; Rat; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT; ARACHIDONYL TRIFLUOROMETHYL KETONE; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; GALLIC ACID PROPYL ESTER; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHYLMERCURY; N TERT BUTYL ALPHA PHENYLNITRONE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 INHIBITOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TROLOX C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FLUORESCENCE; HYPOTHESIS; INCUBATION TIME; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0037474157     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(02)00642-3     Document Type: Article

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