4-Aminopyridine, a Kv channel antagonist, prevents apoptosis of rat cerebellar granule neurons

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 737-746

  Hu, Chang Long ^a   Liu, Zheng ^a   Zeng, Xi Min ^a   Liu, Zi Qiang ^b   Chen, Xian Hua ^a   Zhang, Zhi Hong ^a   Mei, Yan Ai ^a  

^a Institute of Genetics   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; Apoptosis; Cerebellar granular neurons; IA current

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GRANULE CELL; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEADY STATE;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CYTOCHROMES C; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33747859077     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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