Upregulation of cerebral cortical glutathione synthesis by ammonia in vivo and in cultured glial cells: The role of cystine uptake

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 883-889

  Wegrzynowicz, Michał ^a   Hilgier, Wojciech ^a   Dybel, Anna ^a   Oja, Simo S ^b   Saransaari, Pirjo ^c   Albrecht, Jan ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Astrocytes; Brain; Cerebral cortex; Cystine uptake; Glutathione; Microdialysis; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CYSTINE; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; UPREGULATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BUCLADESINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYSTINE; GLIOMA; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROGLIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 34250728449     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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