Neurotrophins increase motoneurons' ability to innervate skeletal muscle fibers in rat spinal cord-human muscle cocultures

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 17-23

  Braun, Serge ^a   Croizat, Bernard ^b   Lagrange, Marie Claude ^c   Waiter, Jean Marie ^a   Poindron, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b PSL Research University   (France)

^c Institut de Myologie   (France)

Author keywords

Human; In vitro; Neurite outgrowth; Neurotrophin; Rat; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0030007166     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(95)00315-S     Document Type: Article

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