Taurine protects cerebellar neurons of the external granular layer against ethanol-induced apoptosis in 7-day-old mice

Amino Acids

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1705-1711

  Taranukhin, Andrey G ^a,b   Taranukhina, Elena Y ^a   Saransaari, Pirjo ^a   Pelto Huikko, Markku ^a   Podkletnova, Irina M ^a   Oja, Simo S ^a,c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activated caspase 3; Developing cerebellum; Ethanol induced apoptosis; External granular layer; Taurine neuroprotection; TUNEL staining

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CASPASE 3; TAURINE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CEREBELLUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ETHANOL; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; TAURINE;

MUS;

EID: 84867574063     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1254-6     Document Type: Article

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