Protective effects of memantine against methylmercury-induced glutamate dyshomeostasis and oxidative stress in rat cerebral cortex

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 320-337

  Liu, Wei ^a   Xu, Zhaofa ^a   Deng, Yu ^a   Xu, Bin ^a   Wei, Yangang ^a   Yang, Tianyao ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glutamate dyshomeostasis; Memantine; Methylmercury; Neurotoxicity; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DNA; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID; MEMANTINE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MEMANTINE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84883445195     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: 14763524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12640-013-9386-3     Document Type: Article

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