Cell density increases Bcl-2 and Bcl-x expression in addition to survival of cultured cerebellar granule neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 913-917

  Ohga, Y ^a,c   Zirrgiebel, U ^a   Hamner S ^b   Michaelidis, T M ^a   Cooper, J ^a   Thoenen, H ^a   Lindholm, D ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; bcl x; BDNF; cell density; cerebellar granule neurons; gene regulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPIC AGENT; PROTEIN BCL 2; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029920026     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00204-7     Document Type: Article

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