Why neurons die: Cell death in the nervous system

Anatomical Record

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 79-90

  Hutchins, James B ^a   Barger, Steven W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Apoptosis; Calcium; Free radicals; Glutamate; Huntington disease; Necrosis; Parkinson disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CALCIUM; DIZOCILPINE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DEATH; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; CELL DEATH; FREE RADICALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; NECROSIS; NEURONS;

EID: 0031842949     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199806)253:3<79::AID-AR4>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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