Trophic effects of androgen: Receptor expression and the survival of laryngeal motor neurons after axotomy

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6625-6633

  Pérez, Julio ^a   Kelley, Darcy B ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen receptor mRNA expression; axotomy; dihydrotestosterone; motor neurons; trophic factor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029911839     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-21-06625.1996     Document Type: Article

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