2001
Programmed Cell Death of Developing Mammalian Neurons after Genetic Deletion of Caspases
Oppenheim R, Flavell R, Vinsant S, Prevette D, Kuan C, Rakic P. Programmed Cell Death of Developing Mammalian Neurons after Genetic Deletion of Caspases. Journal Of Neuroscience 2001, 21: 4752-4760. PMID: 11425902, PMCID: PMC6762357, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-13-04752.2001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell deathGenetic deletionExtensive cytoplasmic vacuolizationPro-apoptotic proteasesCaspase familySpecific caspasesChromatin condensationNonapoptotic pathwaysPostmitotic neuronsCaspase-9Mammalian neuronsCell typesDeath processSpecific perturbationsCaspase-3Altered morphologyCaspasesNuclear changesKey membersDeletionUTP nickCytoplasmic vacuolizationElectron microscopic levelTerminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated biotinylated UTP nickNeuronal populationsBcl-XL–Caspase-9 Interactions in the Developing Nervous System: Evidence for Multiple Death Pathways
Zaidi A, D'Sa-Eipper C, Brenner J, Kuida K, Zheng T, Flavell R, Rakic P, Roth K. Bcl-XL–Caspase-9 Interactions in the Developing Nervous System: Evidence for Multiple Death Pathways. Journal Of Neuroscience 2001, 21: 169-175. PMID: 11150333, PMCID: PMC6762421, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-01-00169.2001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsApoptosisBcl-2-Associated X ProteinBcl-X ProteinCaspase 3Caspase 9CaspasesCells, CulturedCytarabineGanglia, SpinalGenes, LethalHeterozygoteHomozygoteImmunohistochemistryIn Situ Nick-End LabelingLiverMiceMice, KnockoutNervous SystemNeuronsProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2TelencephalonTumor Suppressor Protein p53ConceptsGene family membersCaspase-9 deficiencyCaspase-9Telencephalic neural precursor cellsCell deathDouble homozygous mutantsCaspase family membersMultiple death pathwaysNormal nervous system developmentBcl-2Nervous system developmentBax-deficient neuronsNeuronal apoptosisTelencephalic neuronsDeficient embryosNeural precursor cellsDeath pathwaysFamily membersHomozygous mutantsApoptotic pathwayObligate pathwayBcl-xLApoptosis inducersDeficient neuronsTargeted disruption
1973
Organization of cerebellar cortex secondary to deficit of granule cells in weaver mutant mice
Rakic P, Sidman R. Organization of cerebellar cortex secondary to deficit of granule cells in weaver mutant mice. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1973, 152: 133-161. PMID: 4761656, DOI: 10.1002/cne.901520203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGranule cellsExternal granular layerGolgi type II neuronsPurkinje cellsHeterozygous weaver miceType II neuronsMossy fiber terminalsWeaver mutant micePurkinje cell dendritesGranular layerExternal granule cellsIntrinsic axonsLocal cellular milieuSynaptic contactsForm synapsesEarly recognitionAxonal contactCell dendritesPostsynaptic elementsBergmann glial fibersMembrane thickeningMossy fibersDendritic spinesFiber terminalsMolecular layerSequence of developmental abnormalities leading to granule cell deficit in cerebellar cortex of weaver mutant mice
Rakic P, Sidman R. Sequence of developmental abnormalities leading to granule cell deficit in cerebellar cortex of weaver mutant mice. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1973, 152: 103-132. PMID: 4128371, DOI: 10.1002/cne.901520202.Peer-Reviewed Original Research