Pro-apoptotic role of c-Jun in NMDA-induced neurotoxicity in the rat retina

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 907-918

  Munemasa, Yasunari ^a   Ohtani Kaneko, Ritsuko ^a   Kitaoka, Yasushi ^a   Kumai, Toshio ^a   Kitaoka, Yuka ^a   Hayashi, Yasuhiro ^a   Watanabe, Minoru ^a   Takeda, Hiroyuki ^a   Hirata, Kazuaki ^a   Ueno, Satoki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisense; Apoptosis; c Jun; NMDA; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN C JUN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; N-METHYLASPARTATE; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RATS; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645314371     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20786     Document Type: Article

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