Molecular mechanisms underlying cell death in spinal networks in relation to locomotor activity after acute injury in vitro

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE, 2011, Pages

  Kuzhandaivel, Anujaianthi ^a   Nistri, Andrea ^a,b   Mazzone, Graciela L ^a   Mladinic, Miranda ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fictive locomotion; Isolated spinal cord; Motoneuron; Organotypic cultures; Parthanatos; Spinal cord injury; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; CASPASE 3; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1;

APOPTOSIS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITOTOXICITY; GLIA CELL; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; ISCHEMIA; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 83055163963     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2011.00009     Document Type: Review

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