Quinolinic acid toxicity on oligodendroglial cells: relevance for multiple sclerosis and therapeutic strategies
The excitotoxin quinolinic acid, a by-product of the kynurenine pathway, is known to be involved in several neurological diseases including multiple sclerosis (MS). Quinolinic acid levels are elevated in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis rodents, the widely used animal model of MS. Our group...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4302518/ |