Methamphetamine causes widespread apoptosis in the mouse brain: Evidence from using an improved TUNEL histochemical method

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 64-69

  Deng, Xiaolin ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Chou, Jenney ^a   Cadet, Jean Lud ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ischemia; Methamphetamine; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; METHAMPHETAMINE; TRITON X 100;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; BUFFERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DETERGENTS; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; HEAT; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROWAVES; NERVE DEGENERATION; OCTOXYNOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035840331     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(01)00184-X     Document Type: Article

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