Quantitative analysis of activated caspase-3-positive cells and a circadian cycle of programmed cell death in the adult teleost retina

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 446, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-19

  Mizuno, Taka aki ^a   Ohtsuka, Teruya ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Circadian rhythm; Retina; Teleost

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MITOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FISH PROTEINS; GOLDFISH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53549113900     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.09.032     Document Type: Article

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