BoNT/E prevents seizure-induced activation of caspase 3 in the rat hippocampus

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 577-580

  Manno, Ilaria ^a   Antonucci, Flavia ^a   Caleo, Matteo ^a   Bozzi, Yuri ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Botulinum neurotoxin; Caspase; Epilepsy; Excitotoxicity; Kainic acid; Neuronal cell death; Phosphorylated jun; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN E; CASPASE 3; KAINIC ACID; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN C JUN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT STRAIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CASPASE 3; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; SEIZURES;

EID: 34247601508     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32801b3cbb     Document Type: Article

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