Apoptosis of cerebellar granule cells induced by serum withdrawal, glutamate or β-amyloid, is independent of jun kinase or p38 mitogen activated protein kinase activation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-56

  Gunn Moore, F J ^a   Tavare, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cerebellar granule cells; Jun N terminal kinase; P38 Mitogen activated protein kinase; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; EXCITOTOXIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERUM; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

EID: 0032568994     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00438-8     Document Type: Article

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