Neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, motor neuron disease and Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by loss of specific cells within certain regions of the brain. One of the most compelling questions is to determine why specific cell populations are vulnerable to neurodegeneration. We addressed this question by studying global gene expression changes using an animal model of ...

in many models of programmed cell death, the mitochondrial protein aif translocates to the nucleus, where it induces the chromatin condensation and dna degradation. however, today it is well established that this flavoprotein is bifunctional. in addition to its lethal function in the nucleus of dying cells, aif plays a vital bioenergetic role in healthy ones by regulating mainly the activity of...

Electrochemical behavior of I-hydroxypyridine-2-thione and its vanadium complex is studied using polarographic techniques. Polarograms of ligand and that of the complex is shown with diffusion characteristics of the waves. Cyclic voltagram of thione is investigated which shows that a reversible oxidation reduction of one electron process is taking place. PKa of the thione is found to be in ...