The LHM-Astroglial Network of Signals as a Model to Study Neuroimmune Interactions: Assessment of Messenger Systems and Transduction Mechanisms at Cellular and Molecular Levels

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-27

  Marchetti, Bianca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Growth factors; Hormones; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH); Neural adhesion molecules; Neurite outgrowth; Neuronal astroglial interactions; Proliferation; Secretion

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SEX HORMONE;

ASTROCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029761265     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: 14230216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097223     Document Type: Article

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