Distinct pathways mediate axon degeneration during apoptosis and axon-specific pruning

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cusack, Corey L ^a,b   Swahari, Vijay ^b   Hampton Henley, W ^c   Michael Ramsey, J ^c   Deshmukh, Mohanish ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 6; CASPASE 9; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEASOME; X LINKED INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS;

APOPTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITOR; NEUROLOGY;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; MICROFLUIDICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; AXONS; CASPASES; CYTOCHROMES C; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X-LINKED INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN;

EID: 84878745785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2910     Document Type: Article

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