Neurotrophin regulation of the developing nervous system: Analyses of knockout mice

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-27

  Conover, Joanne C ^a   Yancopoulos, George D ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental neurobiology; Gene dosage; Gene targeting; Neurotrophic factors; Neurotrophins; Trks

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030759543     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.1997.8.1.13     Document Type: Review

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