Role of mitochondria in neuronal apoptosis

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 348-358

  Gorman, Adrienne M ^a   Ceccatelli, Sandra ^a   Orrenius, Sten ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Cytochrome c; Hypoxia; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CALCIUM ION; CASPASE; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; NEUROTOXIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DEATH; CYTOPLASM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENERGY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CASPASES; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0033667521     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017460     Document Type: Article

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