Sex-related differences in neuronal cell survival and signaling in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 337, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-68

  Zhang, Lei ^a,b   Li, Pi Peng ^a,b   Feng, Xu ^a,b   Barker, Jeffery L ^a,b   Smith, Susan V ^a,b   Rubinow, David R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Akt; Apoptosis; Dimorphism; ERK1; ERK2; Neuron

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037421502     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(02)01179-5     Document Type: Article

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