Trimethyltin intoxication up-regulates nitric oxide synthase in neurons and purinergic ionotropic receptor 2 in astrocytes in the hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 500-509

  Latini, Laura ^a   Geloso, Maria Concetta ^b   Corvino, Valentina ^b   Giannetti, Stefano ^b   Florenzano, Fulvio ^a   Viscomi, Maria Teresa ^a   Michetti, Fabrizio ^b   Molinari, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neurodegeneration; Nitric oxide; Purinergic; Rat; Trimethyltin

Indexed keywords

IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2X4 RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2X7 RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR; TRIMETHYLTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTOXICATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CELL DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; TIME FACTORS; TRIMETHYLTIN COMPOUNDS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 73949157088     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22238     Document Type: Article

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