Nerve Growth Factor

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 297, Issue 21, 1977, Pages 1149-1158

  Mobley, William C ^a,b   Server, Alfred C ^a,b   Ishii, Douglas N ^a,b   Riopelle, Richard J ^a,b   Shooter, Eric M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANETHIDINE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR I 125; OXIDOPAMINE; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINBLASTINE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AXOPLASM FLOW; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; REVIEW; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BINDING SITES; CELL MOVEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; MITOSIS; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SARCOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0017587218     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197711242972105     Document Type: Review

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