Immunohistochemical and biochemical assessment of caspase-3 activation and DNA fragmentation following transient focal ischemia in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 125-136

  Davoli, M A ^a   Fourtounis, J ^a   Tam, J ^a   Xanthoudakis, S ^a   Nicholson, D ^a   Robertson, G S ^a   Ng, G Y K ^a   Xu, D ^a  

^a MERCK FROSST CENTRE FOR THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; Apoptosis; Infarct; Nucleosomes; Spectrin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT; FODRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0037110607     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00376-7     Document Type: Article

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