Sympathetic axons invade the brains of mice overexpressing nerve growth factor

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 383, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-72

  Kawaja, Michael D ^a   Crutcher, Keith A ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Cerebellum; Collateral sprouting; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIONECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRANSGENES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0030952440     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970623)383:1<60::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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