Nerve Growth Factor

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 297, Issue 20, 1977, Pages 1096-1104

  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

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MICE; MITOSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SARCOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0017666928     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197711172972005     Document Type: Review

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