Cellular and Molecular Events Underlying Ischemia-Induced Neuronal Apoptosis

Drug News and Perspectives

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 497-503

  Zheng, Zhen ^a   Zhao, Heng ^a   Steinberg, Gary K ^a   Yenari, Midori A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLVALYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYLALANYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE 3; CYCLOSPORIN A; FAS ANTIBODY; NEUROSERPIN; PIFITHRIN ALPHA; PROTEIN BCL 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NECROSIS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0344013490     PISSN: 02140934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dnp.2003.16.8.829348     Document Type: Review

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