Necrosis, apoptosis, and autophagy: Mechanisms of neuronal and glial cell death

Neuromethods

Volumn 56, Issue , 2011, Pages 305-330

  Fricker, Michael ^a   Tolkovsky, Aviva M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Cell culture; Cell death; Glia; Necrosis; Neuron

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 6; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ACIDIFICATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; COLORIMETRY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCITOTOXICITY; GLIA CELL; GLYCOLYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NECROSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952607370     PISSN: 08932336     EISSN: 19406045     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-077-5_15     Document Type: Article

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