Immunohistochemical detection of Bax and Bcl-2 proteins in gerbil hippocampus following transient forebrain ischemia

Brain Research

Volumn 711, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 249-253

  Hara, Akira ^a   Iwai, Tomohiko ^b   Niwa, Masayuki ^a   Uematsu, Toshihiko ^a   Yoshimi, Naoki ^a   Tanaka, Takuji ^a   Mori, Hideki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bar; Bcl 2; CA1; Delayed neuronal death; Gerbil

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029879631     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01436-5     Document Type: Article

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