The Nrf2-ARE pathway: An indicator and modulator of oxidative stress in neurodegeneration

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1147, Issue , 2008, Pages 61-69

  Johnson, Jeffrey A ^a   Johnson, Delinda A ^a   Kraft, Andrew D ^a   Calkins, Marcus J ^a   Jakel, Rebekah J ^a   Vargas, Marcelo R ^a   Chen, Pei Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurodegenerative diseases; Nrf2; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

MALONIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ASTROCYTE; CELL DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

MUS;

EID: 57649213538     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1427.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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