Complementary and overlapping expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), c-ret proto-oncogene, and GDNF receptor-α indicates multiple mechanisms of trophic actions in the adult rat CNS

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3554-3567

  Trupp, Miles ^a   Belluardo, Natale ^a,b   Funakoshi, Hiroshi ^a,c   Ibánez, Carlos F ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebellum; GDNF; GDNFR ; in situ hybridization; kainate induced activation; motorneuron regeneration; mRNA regulation; olfactory; ret; sciatic nerve transection

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROTROPISM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0030915959     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-10-03554.1997     Document Type: Article

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