Characterization of Adult Rat Astrocyte Cultures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Souza, Débora Guerini ^a   Bellaver, Bruna ^a   Souza, Diogo Onofre ^a   Quincozes Santos, André ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE FAMILY 1 MEMBER 1; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PAPAIN; PROTEIN S100B; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RESVERATROL; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; ZINC ION;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; MALE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; S100 PROTEINS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84875546464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060282     Document Type: Article

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