Acceleration of methylmercury-induced cell death of rat cerebellar neurons by brain-derived neurotrophic factor in vitro

Brain Research

Volumn 1273, Issue , 2009, Pages 155-162

  Sakaue, Motoharu ^a,b   Mori, Naoko ^b   Makita, Misato ^b   Fujishima, Kana ^b   Hara, Shuntaro ^c   Arishima, Kazuyoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Masako ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

B35 cell line; BDNF; Methylmercury; NT 4; Primary culture; TrkB

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; METHYLMERCURY; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULAR CELL; NERVE CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, TRKB;

RATTUS;

EID: 67349115174     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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