Acetyl-l-carnitine up-regulates expression of voltage-dependent anion channel in the rat brain

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 673-678

  Traina, Giovanna ^a,b   Bernardi, Rodolfo ^a   Rizzo, Milena ^a   Calvani, Menotti ^c   Durante, Mauro ^a   Brunelli, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetyl l carnitine; SSH; VDAC

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEVACECARNINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN; ACETYLCARNITINE; MESSENGER RNA; NOOTROPIC AGENT; VDAC1 PROTEIN, RAT; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION; VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL 1;

EID: 33746223208     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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