L-carnitine protects against nickel-induced neurotoxicity by maintaining mitochondrial function in Neuro-2a cells

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-44

  He, Min Di ^a   Xu, Shang Cheng ^a   Lu, Yong Hui ^a   Li, Li ^a   Zhong, Min ^a   Zhang, Yan Wen ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a   Li, Min ^a   Yang, Ju ^a   Zhang, Guang Bin ^a   Yu, Zheng Ping ^a   Zhou, Zhou ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dysfunction; L carnitine; Mitochondria; Neurotoxicity; Nickel

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARNITINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NICKEL CHLORIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CELL VIABILITY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYTOTOXICITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CARNITINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; NICKEL; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79954991710     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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