Apoptosis-suppressor gene bcl-2 expression after traumatic brain injury in rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 9172-9182

  Clark, Robert S B ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Watkins, Simon C ^a   Kochanek, Patrick M ^a   Chen, Minzhi ^a   Stetler, R Anne ^a   Loeffert, J Eric ^a   Graham, Steven H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c S 526 Biomedical Science Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; bcl 2; Hippocampus; Neuron; Rat; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030690119     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-23-09172.1997     Document Type: Article

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