Neuroprotective effects of ebselen are associated with the regulation of Bcl-2 and Bax proteins in cultured mouse cortical neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 399, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-214

  Xu, Jie Hua ^a   Hu, Hai Tao ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Qian, Yi Hua ^a   Liu, Zhao Hui ^a   Tan, Qing Rong ^b   Zhang, Zhang Jin ^a,b,c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bax; Bcl 2; Calcium; Cultured cortical neurons; Ebselen; Glutamate

Indexed keywords

EBSELEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FETUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AZOLES; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646152087     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.02.024     Document Type: Article

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