ENA/VASP downregulation triggers cell death by impairing axonal maintenance in hippocampal neurons

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-164

  Franco, D Lorena ^a   Rezával, Carolina ^a   Cáceres, Alfredo ^b   Schinder, Alejandro F ^a   Ceriani, M Fernanda ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENABLED; GENE PRODUCT; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE SILENCING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ENA;

EID: 77952544284     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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