Nerve growth factor stimulates growth of cortical pyramidal neurons in young adult rats

Brain Research

Volumn 751, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-294

  Kolb, Bryan ^a   Gorny, Grazyna ^a   Côté, Sylvain ^b   Ribeiro da Silva, Alfredo ^b   Cuello, A Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

dendritic growth; nerve growth factor; neurotrophin; plasticity; pyramidal neuron

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HISTOLOGY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030892066     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01410-2     Document Type: Article

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