Apoptotic markers in various stages of amygdala kindled seizures in rats

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 512-518

  Gawłowicz, Małgorzata ^a   Reichert, Michał ^b   Wojcierowski, Jacek ^a   Czuczwar, Stanisław J ^a,c   Borowicz, Kinga K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amygdala kindled seizures; Apoptosis; Apoptotic genes; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASPASE 2; CASPASE 3; FAS ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SEIZURE;

EID: 33748674221     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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