Alterations of BCL-2 family proteins precede cytoskeletal proteolysis in the penumbra, but not in infarct centres following focal cerebral ischemia in mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 439-448

  Matsushita, K ^a   Matsuyama, T ^a   Kitagawa, K ^b   Matsumoto, M ^b   Yanagihara, T ^b   Sugita, M ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bcl 2 gene family; Cytoskeletal proteolysis; Ischemic penumbra; MCA occlusion; TUNEL staining

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE SEVERITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 0031929439     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00391-6     Document Type: Article

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