Caspase-dependent and -independent neuronal death: Two distinct pathways to neuronal injury

Neuroscientist

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-62

  Stefanis, L ^a,b  

^a Found Biomed Res Acad Athens   (Greece)

^b Found Biomed Res Acad Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Caspases; Mitochondria; Neuronal death

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLADENINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; APOPTOSOME; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BH3 PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; CASPASE; CASPASE 2; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYTOCHROME C; DNA; FREE RADICAL; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN P53; SECOND MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVATOR OF CASPASE; SERINE PROTEINASE OMI; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXCITOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CASPASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 13544273998     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858404271087     Document Type: Review

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