... Molecular Embryology, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, GermanyNeuronal death in the nervous systemNeuronal death is a major phenomenon in nervoussystem development ... the ERK1 ⁄ 2 pathway (PD98059) inhibitoronly [11]. In neuronal cells, glutamate- or camptothe-cin -induced neuronal injury was abolished whenERK1 ⁄ 2 activation was suppressed using U0126 inhibi-tor ... ERK1 ⁄ 2 in cell death, hippo-campal damage after traumatic brain injury was pre-vented by the inhibition of ERK1 ⁄ 2 by PD98059 [19].ERK1 ⁄ 2 activation is also implicated in hyperglycemia-mediated...