Street heroin induces mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis in rat cortical neurons

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 543-554

  Cunha Oliveira, Teresa ^a,b   Rego, A Cristina ^a,b   Garrido, Jorge ^c,d   Borges, Fernanda ^d   Macedo, Tice ^a   Oliveira, Catarina Resende ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell death; Heroin; Mitochondrial dysfunction

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYLALANYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; DIAMORPHINE; DNA FRAGMENT; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELL LOSS; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MITOCHONDRIAL TOXICITY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYTOCHROMES C; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEROIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; NARCOTICS; NEURONS; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; STREET DRUGS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34047138450     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04406.x     Document Type: Article

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