Ascorbate transport by primary cultured neurons and its role in neuronal function and protection against excitotoxicity

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1046-1056

  Qiu, Shenfeng ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Weeber, Edwin J ^a   May, James M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Axonal transporter; Glutamate receptor; GSH; Oxidant stress; SVCT2

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXCITOTOXICITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYTOPROTECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURITES; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS, SODIUM-DEPENDENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 34147223962     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21204     Document Type: Article

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