Expression of the activin axis and neuronal rescue effects of recombinant activin A following hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in the infant rat

Brain Research

Volumn 835, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 369-378

  Wu, Dahao David ^a   Lai, Maggie ^a   Hughes, Paul E ^a   Sirimanne, Ernest ^a   Gluckman, Peter D ^a   Williams, Chris E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Follistatin; Gene expression; Inhibin; Rescue; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; CYCLOPHILIN; FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033600478     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01638-8     Document Type: Article

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