Heme oxygenase in neuroprotection: From mechanisms to therapeutic implications

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-280

  Chen, Jijun ^a  

^a Allonger LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Carbon monoxides; Heme oxyge nase; Iron; Neurodegeneration; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BILIVERDIN; CYCLIC GMP; GLUTATHIONE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HEME OXYGENASE 2; HEME OXYGENASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PEROXY RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL SURVIVAL; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84901800047     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2013-0046     Document Type: Article

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