Anti-inflammatory treatment influences neuronal apoptotic cell death in the dentate gyrus in experimental pneumococcal meningitis

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 722-728

  Zysk, Gregor ^a   Brück, Wolfgang ^a   Gerber, Joachim ^a   Brück, Yvonne ^a   Prange, Hilmar W ^a   Nau, Roland ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; In situ tailing; Meningitis; Neuronal apoptosis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CELL DEATH; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029992465     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199606000-00006     Document Type: Article

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