Overexpression of nerve growth factor in skin causes preferential increases among innervation to specific sensory targets

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 489-506

  Davis, Brian M ^a   Fundin, Bengt T ^b   Albers, Kathryn M ^a   Goodness, Thomas P ^a   Cronk, Katharine M ^c   Rice, Frank L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Neurotrophin; Sympathetic; Trigeminal ganglion; Whisker pad

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTROPHIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFILAMENT; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; HAIR; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSATION; SKIN; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0030726432     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971103)387:4<489::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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