Activation and cleavage of caspase-3 in apoptosis induced by experimental cerebral ischemia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3659-3668

  Namura, Shobu ^a   Zhu, Jinmin ^a   Fink, Klaus ^a   Endres, Matthias ^a   Srinivasan, Anu ^b   Tomaselli, Kevin J ^b   Yuan, Junying ^c   Moskowitz, Michael A ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Caspase 3 cleavage; Caspase like enzyme activity; CED 3 ICE proteases; CNS development; Ischemia; Mouse brain; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0032525260     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03659.1998     Document Type: Article

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