Neurotrophin-3 promotes the differentiation of muscle spindle afferents in the absence of peripheral targets

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4262-4274

  Oakley, Robert A ^a   Lefcort, Frances B ^b,e   Clary, Douglas O ^d,e   Reichardt, Louis F ^e   Prevette, David ^c   Oppenheim, Ronald W ^c   Frank, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SUGEN INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

development; differentiation; muscle; muscle spindle afferents; neurotrophins; sensory neurons; specification; spinal cord projections; survival

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0030955462     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-11-04262.1997     Document Type: Article

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