Bax regulates neuronal Ca2+Homeostasis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1706-1722

  D’Orsi, Beatrice ^a   Kilbride, Seán M ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Alvarez, Sergio Perez ^a   Bonner, Helena P ^a   Pfeiffer, Shona ^a   Plesnila, Nikolaus ^a,b   Engel, Tobias ^a   Henshall, David C ^a   Düssmann, Heiko ^a   Prehn, Jochen H M ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bcl 2 family protein; Cerebral ischemia; Endoplasmic reticulum; Excitotoxicity; Mitochondria; NMDA

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIZOCILPINE; IONOMYCIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; PROTEIN BAX; THAPSIGARGIN; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BAX PROTEIN, MOUSE; CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DEATH; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NECROSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANOXIA; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOCHONDRIA; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS;

EID: 84921916322     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2453-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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