Cell death in the normal developing brain, and following ionizing radiation, methyl-azoxymethanol acetate, and hypoxia-ischaemia in the rat

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 489-494

  Ferrer, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AP 1; Apoptosis; Developing brain; Fos; Ionizing radiation; Jun; Methylazoxymethanol acetate; Naturally occurring cell death; Programmed cell death; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IONIZING RADIATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

EID: 0030462575     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1996.tb01121.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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