Elimination of Bax expression in mice increases cerebellar Purkinje cell numbers but not the number of granule cells

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 436, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 82-91

  Shughrue, Paul J ^a   Merchenthaler, Istvan ^a,b  

^a WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell counts; Knockout mice; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GRANULE CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 0035898807     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1055     Document Type: Article

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