Neuronal apoptosis in rats is accompanied by rapid impairment of cellular respiration and is prevented by scavengers of reactive oxygen species

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 127-130

  Atlante, A ^a   Gagliardi, S ^b   Marra, E ^a   Calissano, P ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bioenergetics; Cerebellar granule cells; Low K+ ; Mitochondria; Reactive oxygen species scavengers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL RESPIRATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 0032502613     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00195-5     Document Type: Article

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