## Abstract Manganese in excess is neurotoxic and causes CNS injury resembling that of Parkinson's disease. In brain, astrocytes predominantly take up and accumulate manganese and are thus vulnerable to its toxicity. Manganese was shown to induce cell swelling in cultured astrocytes, and oxidative/
Human astrocytes express aquaporin-1 and aquaporin-4 in vitro and in vivo
β Scribed by Jun-ichi Satoh; Hiroko Tabunoki; Takashi Yamamura; Kunimasa Arima; Hidehiko Konno
- Book ID
- 108957924
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1014 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0919-6544
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