Anti-myelin basic protein T cells protect hippocampal neurons against trimethyltin-induced damage

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 425-429

  Kurkowska Jastrzebska, Iwona ^a   Joniec, Ilona ^c   Zaremba, Malgorzata ^b   Fiedorowicz, Anna ^b   Czlonkowska, Anna ^a,c   Oderfeld Nowak, Barbara ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anti myelin basic protein T cells; Encephalomyelitis; Glial TrkA; Hippocampal neurodegeneration; Nerve growth factor; Neuroprotection; Trimethyltin intoxication

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; TRIMETHYLTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN PROTECTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTOR, TRKA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRIMETHYLTIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34247624636     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280586777     Document Type: Article

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