T-588 Protects Motor Neuron Death Against Glutamate-Induced Neurotoxicity

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1829-1832

  Iwasaki, Yasuo ^a   Ichikawa, Yasumitsu ^a   Igarasi, Osamu ^a   Aoyagi, Joe ^a   Konno, Shingo ^a   Ikeda, Ken ^b   Iguchi, Hiroaki ^a   Kawabe, Seiichi ^a   Marubuchi, Shigeki ^c   Ono, Satoshi ^c  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b PL Tokyo Health Care Center   (Japan)

^c Radio Research Lab   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Glutamate induced neurotoxicity; Spinal cord; T 588; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

1 (BENZO[B]THIEN 5 YL) 2 (2 DIETHYLAMINOETHOXY)ETHANOL; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MODEL; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DIETHYLAMINES; GLUTAMIC ACID; MOTOR NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIOPHENES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10744231482     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026167624054     Document Type: Article

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