Caspase-3 activation by β-amyloid and prion protein peptides is independent from their neurotoxic effect

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-210

  Sáez Valero, Javier ^a   Angeretti, Nadia ^a   Forloni, Gianluigi ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Cortical culture; Prion related encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE INHIBITOR; DEVD CHO; PEPTIDE; PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; Z VAD FMK;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRIONS; RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034602580     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01532-9     Document Type: Article

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