An Enzyme‐Linked Immunoassay for Nerve Growth Factor (NGF): A Tool for Studying Regulatory Mechanisms Involved in NGF Production in Brain and in Peripheral Tissues

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 1779-1786

  Weskamp, G ^a   Otten, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CNS; Denervation; Immunoassay; Inflammatory tissue damage; Nerve growth factor; Peripheral organs

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETIOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM; LUNG; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RATS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SKIN; SPLEEN; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYMPATHECTOMY;

EID: 0023219442     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1987.tb05736.x     Document Type: Article

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