Effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on neuronal structure of dopaminergic neurons in dissociated cultures of human fetal mesencephalon

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 328-336

  Studer, Lorenz ^a   Spenger, Christian ^a   Seiler, Rolf W ^a   Othberg, Agneta ^b   Lindvall, Olle ^b   Odin, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human; Image analysis; Nerve growth factors; Neuronal plasticity; Substantia nigra; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029867999     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00228106     Document Type: Article

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