Adaptative responses of spinal astrocytes to oxidative stress

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2001, Pages 413-425

  Cassina, Patricia ^b   Peluffo, Hugo ^a,b   Barbeito, Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 18744389434     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(01)32092-7     Document Type: Article

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