Prion protein protects against ethanol-induced Bax-mediated cell death in vivo

NeuroReport

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 903-906

  Gains, Malcolm J ^a,b   Roth, Kevin A ^c   LeBlanc, Andrea C ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Bax; Caspase 3; Prion function; Prion null mice; Prion protein

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BRAIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CRICETINAE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ETHANOL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PRIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745010695     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000220144.14166.e2     Document Type: Article

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