Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor enhances survival and growth of prenatal and postnatal spinal cord transplants

Neuroscience

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 231-241

  Trok, K ^a   Hoffer, B ^b   Olson, L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraocular transplantation; Spinal cord grafts; Trophic effects

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE GRAFT; NEUROFILAMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030069216     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00412-2     Document Type: Article

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