A comparison of the effects of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor on spinal cord and cortex cerebri grafts

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 941-949

  Trok, Katarzyna ^a   Almström, Susanne ^a   Olson, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOCHROME C; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; NEUROFILAMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE GRAFT; TISSUE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030433189     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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