Neurotoxic effects of homocysteine on cerebellar Purkinje neurons in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 413, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-57

  Oldreive, Ceri E ^a   Doherty, Gayle H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cerebellum; Embryonic; Homocysteine; Murine; Purkinje

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYLALANYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HOMOCYSTEINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; NEURITES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXINS; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 33846446133     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.11.031     Document Type: Article

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