Axon degeneration: Molecular mechanisms of a self-destruction pathway

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-18

  Wang, Jack T ^a   Medress, Zachary A ^a   Barres, Ben A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PROTEASOME; PROTEASOME INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; UBIQUITIN;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINATION;

AXONS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; NERVE DEGENERATION; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; TIME FACTORS; UBIQUITINS;

WALLERIA;

EID: 84863012284     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201108111     Document Type: Review

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