Induction of apoptosis in vitro and in vivo by the cholinergic neurotoxin ethylcholine aziridinium

Neuroscience

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 535-542

  Rinner, W A ^a   Pifl, C ^b   Lassmann, H ^a   Hortnagl H ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AF64A; Apoptosis; DNA fragmentation; In situ tailing; Rat brain; Septohippocampal pathway

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ETHYLCHOLINE MUSTARD AZIRIDINIUM; NEUROTOXIN; SCAVENGER; TEMPOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL CULTURE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AZIRIDINES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINE; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030970365     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00687-2     Document Type: Article

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