Choline deficiency induces apoptosis in primary cultures of fetal neurons

FASEB Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1704-1710

  Yen, Chi Liang E ^a   Mar, Mei Heng ^a   Meeker, Rick B ^b   Fernandes, Alda ^b   Zeisel, Steven H ^a,c  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; PC12 cells; Primary neurons

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CHOLINE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CERAMIDES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NEURITES; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034902215     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.00-0800com     Document Type: Article

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