Keeping neurons alive: The molecular control of apoptosis (Part II)

Neuroscientist

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 211-216

  Bredesen, Dale E ^a,b  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; Cysteine protease; Endonuclease; Neurodegeneration; Programmed cell death; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001240788     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849600200409     Document Type: Review

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