Reducing p75 nerve growth factor receptor levels using antisense oligonucleotides prevents the loss of axotomized sensory neurons in the dorsal root ganglia of newborn rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-245

  Cheema, S S ^a   Barrett, G L ^b   Bartlett, P F ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

apoptosis; axotomy; oligonucleotides; p75NGFR; survival

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM FLOW; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029910154     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19961015)46:2<239::AID-JNR12>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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