Urea enhances the nerve growth factor-induced neuroprotective effect on cholinergic neurons in organotypic rat brain slices

Neuroscience

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 317-323

  Zassler, B ^a   Dechant, G ^a   Humpel, C ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

cell death; cholinergic neurons; nerve growth factor; neuroprotection; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LEVO THIOCITRULLINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CITRULLINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PC12 CELLS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; THIOUREA; UREA;

EID: 12344322318     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.09.010     Document Type: Article

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