Transforming growth factor-α (TGF-α) and epidermal growth factor-receptor (EGF-R) immunoreactivity in normal and pathologic brain

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-119

  Ferrer, Isidre ^a   Alcántara, Soledad ^a   Ballabriga, Jordi ^a   Olivé, Montserrat ^a   Blanco, Rosa ^a   Rivera, Rosa ^a   Carmona, Margarita ^a   Berruezo, Meritxell ^b   Pitarch, Silvia ^b   Planas, Anna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; IBOTENIC ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EPILEPSY; ETIOLOGY; GLIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0030175949     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0082(96)00009-3     Document Type: Review

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