Pharmacological doses of vitamin A increase caspase-3 activity selectively in cerebral cortex

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-450

  De Oliveira, Marcos Roberto ^a   Oliveira, Max William Soares ^a   Moreira, José Cláudio Fonseca ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

apoptosis; caspase 3; cerebral cortex; clinical doses; vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL TYPE; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

EID: 77954421677     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2009.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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