Cell death is prevented in thalamic fields but not in injured neocortical areas after permanent focal ischaemia in mice overexpressing the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 921-934

  De Bilbao, Fabienne ^a   Guarin, Ernesto ^b   Nef, Patrick ^b   Vallet, Philippe ^a   Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon ^a   Dubois Dauphin, Michel ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; MCAO; Penumbra; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA PROBES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENES, BCL-2; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, MESSENGER; THALAMUS;

EID: 0034024798     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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