Caspase-3 and calpain activities after acute and repeated ethanol administration during the rat brain growth spurt

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 197-203

  Carloni, Silvia ^a   Mazzoni, Erika ^a   Balduini, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Apoptosis; Development; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Neurodegeneration; Protease

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALPAIN; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; PROCASPASE 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GROWTH ACCELERATION; MICROCEPHALY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842509989     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02341.x     Document Type: Article

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