Ischemia-reperfusion-related repair deficit after oxidative stress: Implications of faulty transcripts in neuronal sensitivity after brain injury

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-13

  Liu, Philip K ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene repair; Head injury; Immediate early genes; Mutagenesis; Neuroregeneration; Oxidative stress; Plasticity; Signal transduction; Stroke; Transcription

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIPID; M PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SIMULATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPERFUSION INJURY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037261536     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068080     Document Type: Review

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