NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS OF AZT ON DEVELOPING AND ADULT NEUROGENESIS

Azidothymidine (AZT) is a synthetic, chain-terminating nucleoside analog used to treat HIV-1 infection. While AZT is not actively transported across the blood brain barrier, it does accumulate at high levels in cerebrospinal fluid, and subsequently diffuses into the overlying parenchyma. Due to the...

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Main Authors: Meryem eDemir, Eric D Laywell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
AZT
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2015.00093/full