Role of Rac1 GTPase in JNK signaling and delayed neuronal cell death following global cerebral ischemia

Brain Research

Volumn 1265, Issue , 2009, Pages 138-147

  Zhang, Quan Guang ^a   Wang, Ruimin ^b   Han, Dong ^a   Dong, Yan ^a   Brann, Darrell W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CHINA COAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Cell signaling; Global cerebral ischemia; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 6 [2 [[4 (DIETHYLAMINO) 1 METHYLBUTYL]AMINO] 6 METHYL 4 PYRIMIDINYL] 2 METHYLQUINOLINE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MIXED LINEAGE KINASE 3; RAC1 PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRIMIDINES; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RATS; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 62949168296     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.01.033     Document Type: Article

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