Neurotrophins rescue cerebellar granule neurons from oxidative stress- mediated apoptotic death: Selective involvement of phosphatidylinositol 3- kinase and the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1859-1868

  Skaper, Stephen D ^a,b   Floreani, Maura ^a   Negro, Alessandro ^a   Facci, Laura ^a   Giusti, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Glutathione; Melatonin; Neuroprotection; Neurotrophins; Oxidative stress; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROTROPHIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CEREBELLUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; LETHRINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031978372     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70051859.x     Document Type: Article

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