Bcl-xL and caspase inhibition increase the survival of rat oxytocin and vasopressin magnocellular neurons in organotypic culture

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 267-271

  House, Shirley B ^a   Rusnak, Milan ^a   Liu, Xiu Huai ^a   Youle, Richard J ^a   Gainer, Harold ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; CNTF; Hypothalamus; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYLALANYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; OXYTOCIC AGENT; PROTEIN BCL XL; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GIANT CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CASPASES; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 33746103235     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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