Nerve growth factor delivery and cell aggregation enhance choline acetyltransferase activity after neural transplantation

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-196

  Krewson, Christine E ^a,b   Saltzman, W Mark ^a,c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; FETUS CELL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH STIMULATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029909953     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.1996.2.183     Document Type: Article

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