Inhibition of the NT-3 receptor trkC, early in chick embryogenesis, results in severe reductions in multiple neuronal subpopulations in the dorsal root ganglia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3704-3713

  Lefcort, Frances ^a,b   Clary, Douglas O ^a,c   Rusoff, Anne C ^b   Reichardt, Louis F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

antibody blockade; chicken; differentiation; DRG; neurotrophin 3; trkC receptor

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0029988452     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-11-03704.1996     Document Type: Article

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