DEXAMETHASONE ENHANCES GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE ACTIVITY AND REDUCES N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE NEUROTOXICITY IN MIXED CULTURES OF NEURONS AND ASTROCYTES

Dexamethasone enhances glutamine synthetase activity and reduces N-methyl-D-aspartate neurotoxicity in mixed cultures of neurons and astrocytes

Astrocytes are claimed to protect neurons against excitotoxicity by clearing glutamate Hybrid Shorts from the extracellular space and rapidly converting it into glutamine.Glutamine, is then released into the extracellular medium, taken up by neurons and transformed back into glutamate which is then stored into synaptic vesicles.Glutamine synthetase

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Irradiation of spices - a review

Food irradiation is a process of exposing food to ionising radiation such as gamma rays emitted from the radioisotopes 60Co and 137Cs, or high energy electrons and X-rays produced by machine sources.The use of ionising radiation to destroy harmful biological organisms in food is considered a safe, well proven process that has found KIDS ELDERBERRY

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Socioeconomic development evaluation for Chinese poverty-stricken counties using indices derived from remotely sensed data

Comprehensively and objectively evaluating the development of poverty-stricken counties is important for poverty alleviation.In this study, we propose a relatively objective and efficient method that utilizes indicators derived from remote sensing images to assess the socioeconomic development of poverty-stricken counties.Four indicators representi

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