Unmasking sex-based disparity in neuronal metabolism

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 17, Issue 35, 2011, Pages 3854-3860

  Manolea, Mioara D ^a   Tehranian DePasqualea, Roya ^a   Du, Lina ^a   Bayir, Hülya ^a   Kochanek, Patrick M ^a   Robert, S ^a   Clark, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Gender; Nitrosative stress; Nutrient deprivation; Oxidative stress; Starvation

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARVATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 83455238337     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161211798357737     Document Type: Article

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