Caspase-3 mediated neuronal death after traumatic brain injury in rats

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 740-753

  Clark, Robert S B ^a,c   Kochanek, Patrick M ^a   Watkins, Simon C ^a   Chen, Minzhi ^a   Dixon, C Edward ^a   Seidberg, Neal A ^a   Melick, John ^a   Loeffert, J Eric ^a   Nathaniel, Paula D ^a   Jin, Kun Lin ^b   Graham, Steven H ^a,b  

^a V A Pittsburgh Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cysteine protease; N Benzyloxycarbonyl Asp Glu Val Asp fluoromethyl ketone; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DNA FRAGMENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; KETONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN INJURIES; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS;

EID: 0033954672     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.740740.x     Document Type: Article

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