Expression of neurotrophins and Trk receptors in the avian retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 364, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 664-676

  Hallböök, Finn ^a,c   Bäckström, Anders ^a   Kullander, Klas ^a   Ebendal, Ted ^a   Carri, Nestor G ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

embryonic development; horizontal cells; mRNA regulation; retinal ganglion cells; visual system

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DARKNESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030041588     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960122)364:4<664::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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