Protection of retinal ganglion cells from natural and axotomy-induced cell death in neonatal transgenic mice overexpressing bcl-2

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 4186-4194

  Bonfanti, Lidia ^a   Strettoi, Enrica ^a   Chierzi, Sabrina ^b   Cenni, Maria Cristina ^a   Liu, Xiu Huai ^b   Martinou, Jean Claude ^c   Maffei, Lamberto ^a,b   Rabacchi, Sylvia A ^a,b  

^a Ist Neurofisiol Cons N   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c GLAXO INST FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

apoptosis; axotomy; bcl 2; developmental cell death; optic nerve; retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030008918     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-13-04186.1996     Document Type: Article

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