Programmed cell death in neurons: Focus on the pathway of nerve growth factor deprivation-induced death of sympathetic neurons

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 897-906

  Deshmukh, Mohanish ^a   Johnson Jr , Eugene M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEINASE;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SURVIVAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0030995802     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.51.6.897     Document Type: Short Survey

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