BDNF down-regulates the caspase 3 pathway in injured geniculo-cortical neurones

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2045-2049

  Madeddu, Federico ^a,b   Naska, Sibel ^a,b,c   Bozzi, Yuri ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Cytochrome C; Dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus; Neurotrophin; Phosphorylated c Jun; Rat; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN C JUN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL COUNT; CYTOCHROMES C; DECEREBRATE STATE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENICULATE BODIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEIN P65(GAG-JUN); RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 4644287094     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200409150-00010     Document Type: Article

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