Bax and Bcl-2 expression and TUNEL labeling in lumbar enlargement of neonatal rats after sciatic axotomy and melatonin treatment

Brain Research

Volumn 1112, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-90

  Rogério, Fábio ^a   Júnior, Hamilton Jordão ^a   Vieira, André Schwambach ^a   Maria, Carla Cristina Judice ^a   Santos de Rezende, Alexandre César ^a   Pereira, Gonçalo Amarante Guimarães ^a   Langone, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bax; Bcl 2; Cell death; Melatonin; Neonatal rat; Sciatic transection

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIOXIDANTS; AXOTOMY; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MELATONIN; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748415167     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.07.021     Document Type: Article

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