Growth factor function in the development and maintenance of midbrain dopaminergic neurons: Concepts, facts and prospects for TGF-β

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 196, 1996, Pages 70-84

  Unsicher, Klaus ^a   Suter Crazzalora, Clemens ^a   Krieglstein, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE AGENTS; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0030330849     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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