Neurodegeneration in Lurcher mice occurs via multiple cell death pathways

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3687-3694

  Doughty, Martin L ^a   De Jager, Philip L ^a,c   Korsmeyer, Stanley J ^b   Heintz, Nathaniel ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Caspase 3; Cerebellum; Lurcher; p53

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GRANULE CELL; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

EID: 0034657953     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-10-03687.2000     Document Type: Article

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