Developmental profile of NGF immunoreactivity in the rat brain: A possible role of NGF in the establishment of cholinergic terminal fields in the hippocampus and cortex

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 67-79

  Conner, James M ^a   Varon, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Immunohistochemistry; Nerve growth factor; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; TENIA;

EID: 0030879897     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00051-5     Document Type: Article

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