Apoptotic Cell Death and Temporal Expression of Apoptotic Proteins Bcl-2 and Bax in the Hippocampus, Following Binge Ethanol in the Neonatal Rat Model

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-44

  Smith, Caine C ^a   Guévremont, Diane ^a   Williams, Joanna M ^a   Napper, Ruth M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; FASD; Hippocampus; Stereology; Western Blot

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BINGE DRINKING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS;

EID: 84921501128     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12606     Document Type: Article

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