The role of organic osmolytes in the response of cultured astrocytes to hyperosmolarity

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 366-370

  Hijab, Samina ^a   Havalad, Suresh ^a   Snyder, Ann K ^b  

^a Division of Pediatric Critical Care   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

hyperosmolarity; idiogenic osmoles; organic osmolytes

Indexed keywords

INOSITOL; OSMOLITE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CELL LOSS; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPEROSMOLARITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HYPERNATREMIA; INOSITOL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAURINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052741091     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: 15363686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181cd816f     Document Type: Review

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