Nerve growth factor (NGF) content in adult rat brain tissues is several-fold higher than generally reported and is largely associated with sedimentable fractions

Brain Research

Volumn 728, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-56

  Hoener, Marius C ^a   Hewitt, Eleanore ^a   Conner, James M ^a   Costello, James W ^a   Varon, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Nerve growth factor; Nippocampus; Pellet; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030597991     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00386-1     Document Type: Article

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