Reversible physiological alterations in sympathetic neurons deprived of NGF but protected from apoptosis by caspase inhibition or Bax deletion

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 203-211

  Werth, John L ^a   Deshmukh, Mohanish ^a   Cocabo, Jeannette ^a,b   Johnson Jr , Eugene M ^a   Rothman, Steven M ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Caspase; Green fluorescent protein; NGF; Nicotine; Programmed cell death; Sympathetic neuron

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CERVICAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE DELETION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 0034097135     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7241     Document Type: Article

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