Characterization of growth/differentiation factor 5 (GDF-5) as a neurotrophic factor for cultured neurons from chicken dorsal root ganglia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 120-122

  Farkas, Lilla M ^a   Scheuermann, Susanne ^b   Pohl, Jens ^b   Unsicker, Klaus ^a   Krieglstein, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Biopharm GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Growth differentiation factor 5; Neurotrophic factors; Sensory neuron; Survival

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 5; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0030679724     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00773-8     Document Type: Article

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