Nerve growth factor (NGF) expression in rat microglia is induced by adenosine A(2a)-receptors

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-86

  Heese, Klaus ^a   Fiebich, Bernd L ^b   Bauer, Joachim ^b   Otten, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Inflammation; Neurotrophins

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE-5'-(N-ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BUCLADESINE; FORSKOLIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROGLIA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PHENETHYLAMINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A2A; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; VASODILATOR AGENTS; XANTHINES;

EID: 0030930287     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00545-4     Document Type: Article

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