α-MSH rescues neurons from excitotoxic cell death

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-251

  Forslin Aronsson, Åsa ^a   Spulber, Stefan ^a   Oprica, Mircea ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Post, Claes ^a   Schultzberg, Marianne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Glia; Neurodegeneration; Stereology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; KAINIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DEATH; CYTOKINES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 36949019361     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-007-0019-2     Document Type: Article

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