Effects of neonatal exposure to anti-nerve growth factor on the number and size distribution of trigeminal neurones projecting to the molar dental pulp in rats

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 359-367

  Qian, Xiao Bing ^a   Naftel, John Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental pulp; Fluoro gold; Nerve growth factor; Neuronal size; Neurotrophins; Rat; Recursive translation; Retrograde tracer; Trigeminal ganglion

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXY 4,4' DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; 2-HYDROXY-4,4'-DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; ANTISERUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; STILBAMIDINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; INNERVATION; MANDIBLE; METABOLISM; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOOTH PULP; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AXONS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DENTAL PULP; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNE SERA; MANDIBLE; MICE; MOLAR; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; STILBAMIDINES; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0030118078     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(95)00128-X     Document Type: Article

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