Autophagy in lurcher mice: Indicted but yet to be acquitted for the death of Purkinje cells

Autophagy

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 571-572

  Yue, Zhenyu ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Degeneration; Lurcher; Mice; Purkinje cells

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; BECLIN 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR D2; PDZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN NPIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCITOTOXICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PURKINJE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

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EID: 77953721556     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.6.4.11957     Document Type: Article

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