Vitamin C protects against ethanol and PTZ-induced apoptotic neurodegeneration in prenatal rat hippocampal neurons

Synapse

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 562-571

  Naseer, M I ^a   Ullah, N ^a   Ullah, I ^a   Koh, P O ^a   Lee, H Y ^a   Park, M S ^a   Kim, M O ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Hippocampus; Neurodegeneration; PTZ; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; PENTETRAZOLE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VITAMINS;

EID: 79953895454     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20875     Document Type: Article

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