Studies on neuronal death in the mouse model of Niemann-Pick C disease

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 738-744

  Erickson, Robert P ^a   Bernard, Ora ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis, Bcl 2, minocycline, cerebellar Purkinje cells; Niemann Pick C

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MINOCYCLINE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENES, BCL-2; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MINOCYCLINE; NEURONS; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES;

EID: 0037097247     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10257     Document Type: Article

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