SEK1/MKK4, c-Jun and NF(K)B are differentially activated in forebrain neurons during postnatal development and injury in both control and p75(NGFR)-deficient mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1867-1881

  Ward, Nicole L ^a   Hagg, Theo ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

C Jun N terminal kinase; Immediate early genes; Nerve growth factor receptor; Signal transduction; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C JUN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AXOTOMY; CELL DEATH; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DENERVATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NF-KAPPA B; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034118688     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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