Excitotoxic neuronal cell death during an oligodendrocyte-directed CD8+ T cell attack in the CNS gray matter

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Melzer, Nico ^a   Hicking, Gordon ^a   Bittner, Stefan ^a   Bobak, Nicole ^a   Göbel, Kerstin ^a   Herrmann, Alexander M ^a   Wiendl, Heinz ^a   Meuth, Sven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

CNS tissue damage; Glutamate excitotoxicity; Neuronal cell death

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; EFFECTOR CELL; EMBRYO; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 84884968603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-10-121     Document Type: Article

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