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neuron death

Known as: neuron cell death, neuronal cell death 
The process of cell death in a neuron. [GOC:BHF, GOC:mah]
National Institutes of Health

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regulation of neuron death

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Signaling Pathway Mediates Epileptogenesis in a Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Understanding molecular mechanisms mediating epileptogenesis is critical for developing more effective therapies for epilepsy. We… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Molecular mechanisms of glutamate receptor-mediated excitotoxic neuronal cell death
Excitotoxicity is one of the most extensively studied processes of neuronal cell death, and plays an important role in many… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Complete Dissociation of Motor Neuron Death from Motor Dysfunction by Bax Deletion in a Mouse Model of ALS
The death of cranial and spinal motoneurons (MNs) is believed to be an essential component of the pathogenesis of amyotrophic… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Persistent Activation of ERK Contributes to Glutamate-induced Oxidative Toxicity in a Neuronal Cell Line and Primary Cortical Neuron Cultures*
Oxidative stress can trigger neuronal cell death and has been implicated in several chronic neurological diseases and in acute… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Polyglutamine-mediated dysfunction and apoptotic death of a Caenorhabditis elegans sensory neuron.
The effect of expressing human huntingtin fragments containing polyglutamine (polyQ) tracts of varying lengths was assessed in… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Alzheimer's disease and oxidative stress: implications for novel therapeutic approaches
Review
1999
Review
1999
Nitric oxide, mitochondria and neurological disease.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Impairment of Glucose and Glutamate Transport and Induction of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress and Dysfunction in Synaptosomes by Amyloid β‐Peptide: Role of the Lipid Peroxidation Product 4…
Abstract: Deposits of amyloid β‐peptide (Aβ), reduced glucose uptake into brain cells, oxidative damage to cellular proteins and… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Evidence for apoptotic cell death in Huntington disease and excitotoxic animal models
Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder characterized by selective death of striatal medium spiny… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Functional characterization of a heteromeric NMDA receptor channel expressed from cloned cDNAs
THE glutamate receptor (GluR) channel plays a key part in brain function1,2. Among GluR channel subtypes, the NMDA (JV-methyl-D… 
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