Age-related alterations in cytochrome c-mediated caspase activation in rhesus macaque monkey (Macaca mulatta) brains

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 112-120

  Zhang, Aiqun ^a,b   Lorke, Dietrich E ^c   Lai, Helen W L ^a   Chu, Xiangyang ^b   Wu, Yan ^a   Yew, David T ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Aging process; Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Cerebral cortex; Cytochrome c; Development and regeneration; Primate

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; PROCASPASE 3;

AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHESUS MONKEY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CYTOCHROMES C; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MACACA MULATTA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; UP-REGULATION;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 1642340061     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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