A bcl-2 expressing viral vector protects cortical neurons from excitotoxicity even when administered several hours after the toxic insult

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 350-353

  Jia, William W G ^a,b   Wang, Yihong ^a   Qiang, Dong ^a   Tufaro, Frank ^a   Remington, Rodney ^a   Cynader, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Cortical neuron; Glutamate; Herpes simplex virus

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMIC ACID; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENETIC VECTORS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; NEUROTOXINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030461002     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00223-9     Document Type: Article

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