Autophagic activity in neuronal cell death

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 382-394

  Button, Robert W ^a   Luo, Shouqing ^a   Rubinsztein, David C ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

apoptosis; autophagic cell death; autophagy; autosis; necrosis; neurodegeneration; programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHAGY; CELL STRESS; CELL SURVIVAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EXCITOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LYSOSOME; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BRAIN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS;

EID: 84938980730     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-015-1528-y     Document Type: Review

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