Colchicine induces apoptosis in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures

Brain Research

Volumn 964, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 264-278

  Kristensen, Bjarne W ^a   Noer, Helle ^a   Gramsbergen, Jan Bert ^a   Zimmer, Jens ^a   Noraberg, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

c Jun AP 1 (N); Caspase 3; Cycloheximide; Hoechst 33342; Propidium iodide

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYLALANYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE INHIBITOR; COLCHICINE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; HOE 33342; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0037469933     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)04080-5     Document Type: Article

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