Delayed neurite regeneration and its improvement by nerve growth factor (NGF) in dorsal root ganglia from MRL-lpr/lpr mice in vitro

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-17

  Hikawa, Naoshi ^a   Kiuchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Maruyama, Tutomu ^a   Takenaka, Toshifumi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dorsal root ganglia (DRG); MRL mice; nerve growth factor (NGF); neurite regeneration; neuroimmunomodulation; systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; NEURONS;

EID: 0030897321     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)05216-1     Document Type: Article

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