Bax inactivation in Lurcher mutants rescues cerebellar granule cells but not Purkinje cells or inferior olivary neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5339-5345

  Selimi, Fekrije ^a   Vogel, Michael W ^b   Mariani, Jean ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bax; Granule cell; Inferior olive; Lurcher; Neuronal death; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BAX;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; INFERIOR OLIVE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0034662343     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-14-05339.2000     Document Type: Article

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