Involvement of ceramide in ethanol-induced apoptotic neurodegeneration in the neonatal mouse brain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 168-177

  Saito, Mariko ^a,b   Chakraborty, Goutam ^a   Hegde, Medha ^a   Ohsie, Jason ^a   Paik, Sun Mee ^a   Vadasz, Csaba ^a,b   Saito, Mitsuo ^a,b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptotic neurodegeneration; caspase 3 activation; ceramide; ethanol; serine palmitoyltransferase; triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CASPASE 3; CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; LIPID; N ACYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMETABOLITE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CYCLOSERINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LIPOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN LEVEL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIMETABOLITES; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CASPASE 3; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CERAMIDES; CYCLOSERINE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHANOL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID METABOLISM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; SERINE C-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 77956568190     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06913.x     Document Type: Article

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