Formaldehyde suppresses neuronal apoptosis via inhibition of outward K+ currents in rat hippocampus

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 837-844

  Liu, Pei ^a   Guo, Jianli ^a,c   Qi, Zhi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3 7; Formaldehyde; Hippocampus; Kspi_sup+spii_sup current; Neuron; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; FORMALDEHYDE; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEINASE; STAUROSPORINE; FIXATIVE; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; RATS; STAUROSPORINE;

EID: 80055072254     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y11-083     Document Type: Article

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