TrkA immunoreactive neurones in the rat spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 385, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 441-455

  Michael, G J ^a   Kaya, E ^b   Averill, S ^a   Rattray, M ^b   Clary, D O ^c   Priestley, J V ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SUGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; NADPH diaphorase; NGF; p75; Propriospinal

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUOROGOLD; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; GRAY MATTER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030826979     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970901)385:3<441::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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