Temporal profile of cytochrome c and caspase-3 immunoreactivities and TUNEL staining after permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats

Neurological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 223-228

  Sasaki, Chihoko ^a   Kitagawa, Hisashi ^a   Zhang, Wen Ri ^a   Warita, Hitoshi ^a   Sakai, Kenichi ^a   Koji, Abe ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Cytochrome c; Permanent MCA occlusion; TUNEL; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0034069630     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2000.11741065     Document Type: Article

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