Astrocytes as targets for neuroprotective drugs

Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 700-703

  Darlington, Cynthia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glial cells; Neurodegeneration; Neurological disorders; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; ANTIOXIDANT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; MINOCYCLINE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; STROKE; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 21344434089     PISSN: 14724472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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