Low-level domoic acid protects mouse cerebellar granule neurons from acute neurotoxicity: Role of glutathione

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 399-408

  Giordano, Gennaro ^a   Kavanagh, Terrance J ^a   Faustman, Elaine M ^a   White, Collin C ^a   Costa, Lucio G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Domoic acid; Glutamate cysteine ligase.; Glutathione; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

DOMOIC ACID; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME SUBUNIT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; GLUTATHIONE; KAINIC ACID; MICE;

EID: 84875274198     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kft002     Document Type: Article

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