Hypoxia-Induced Caspase-3 Activation and DNA Fragmentation in Cortical Neurons of Newborn Piglets: Role of Nitric Oxide

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1351-1357

  Parikh, N A ^a,c   Katsetos, C D ^b   Ashraf, Q M ^b   Haider, S H ^b   Legido, A ^b   Delivoria Papadopoulos, M ^b   Mishra, O P ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caspase 3; Hypoxia; Immunoreactivity; Labeling index; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ANTISERUM; CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CASPASE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PURIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEOCORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STAINING; SWINE; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BRAIN CORTEX; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOXIA; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHOCREATINE; SWINE;

EID: 0041378072     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024992214886     Document Type: Article

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