Inorganic mercury modifies Ca2+ signals, triggers apoptosis and potentiates NMDA toxicity in cerebellar granule neurons

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-324

  Rossi, Anna D ^a,b   Viviani, Barbara ^a   Zhivotovsky, Boris ^a   Manzo, Luigi ^b   Orrenius, Sten ^a   Vahter, Marie ^a   Nicotera, Pierluigi ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calcium; Excitotoxicity; L type channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DNA FRAGMENT; MERCURY; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DEATH; DNA CLEAVAGE; DRUG POTENTIATION; GRANULE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030908760     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400244     Document Type: Article

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