Possible role of pineal allopregnanolone in Purkinje cell survival

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 51, 2012, Pages 21110-21115

  Haraguchi, Shogo ^a,b   Hara, Sakurako ^a   Ubuka, Takayoshi ^a   Mita, Masatoshi ^b   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; HPLC; Melatonin; Steroid

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; CASPASE 3; CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; QUAIL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; PREGNANOLONE; PURKINJE CELLS; QUAIL; STEROIDS;

PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 84871362716     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210804109     Document Type: Article

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