In situ detection of activated caspase-3 in apoptotic granule neurons in the developing cerebellum in slice cultures and in vivo

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 223-228

  Tanaka, Masahiko ^a   Momoi, Takashi ^b   Marunouchi, Tohru ^a  

^a Inst Compreh Med Sci   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3 (CPP32); Cerebellar development; Cleavage site directed antibody; External granular layer neuron; Organotypic slice culture

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; DNA POLYMERASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0034733924     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(00)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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