## Abstract Cultured cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs) undergo apoptosis when deprived of depolarizing stimulation and provide an in vitro model system with which to study the effects of neurotrophic substances. Our previous results showed that secretory phospholipases A~2~ (sPLA~2~s) protect CGNs
Apoptotic cell death in vulnerable subpopulation of cerebellar granule cells
β Scribed by A. Hara; Masayuki Niwa; Naoki Yoshimi; Hideki Mori
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 14 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6322
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