bcl-2 Overexpression Eliminates Deprivation-Induced Cell Death of Brainstem Auditory Neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4670-4674

  Mostafapour, Sam P ^a   Del Puerto, N Mae ^a   Rubel, Edwin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; bcl 2; Caspase 3; Cochlear nucleus; Critical period; Deafferentation

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; ENOLASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CASPASE;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE; WILD TYPE; AGE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); DEAFNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036615812     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-11-04670.2002     Document Type: Article

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