Influence of BDNF on the expression of the dopaminergic phenotype of tissue used for brain transplants

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-51

  Zhou, Jiawei ^a   Bradford, Henry F ^a   Stern, Gerald M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Nerve growth factor; Neural transplantation; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOPAMINE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROTATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA; PARKINSONIA;

EID: 0030940261     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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