Expression of neurotrophins and their receptors in the developing and adult rat adrenal gland

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 351-355

  Suter Crazzolara, Clemens ^a   Lachmund, Astrid ^a   Arab, Sonja F ^a   Unsicker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophin 3; Neurotrophin 4 5; p75(LNGFR); RT PCR; trkA; trkB; trkC

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030608444     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00243-4     Document Type: Article

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