Blockade of calcium entry accelerates arsenite -mediated apoptosis in rat cerebellar granule cells

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 256-261

  Uk, Namgung ^a,b   Kim, Dong Hee ^b   Lim, Seok Rhin ^b   Xia, Zhengui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Daejeon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calcium; Calcium Channel; Cerebellar Neurons; NMDA Receptor; Sodium Arsenite

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; ARSENITE SODIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; POTASSIUM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBELLUM; DRUG INHIBITION; GRANULE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARSENITES; CALCIUM; CEREBELLUM; NEURONS; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM; RATS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0037590907     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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