Neuronal cell death

Neuron

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 633-647

  Pettmann, Brigitte ^a   Henderson, Christopher E ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CYTOCHROME C; DNA FRAGMENT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032055973     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81004-1     Document Type: Review

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