Activation of Akt kinase inhibits apoptosis and changes in Bcl-2 and Bax expression induced by nitric oxide in primary hippocampal neurons

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2037-2046

  Matsuzaki, Hideo ^a   Tamatani, Michio ^a   Mitsuda, Noriaki ^a   Namikawa, Kazuhiko ^b   Kiyama, Hiroshi ^b   Miyake, Shin Ichi ^a   Tohyama, Masaya ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Akt; Bax; Bcl 2; Insulin like growth factor 1; Nitric oxide; Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; CASPASE 3; LINSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SOMATOMEDIN C; WORTMANNIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0032742675     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.02037.x     Document Type: Article

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