TrkB signaling is required for postnatal survival of CNS neurons and protects hippocampal and motor neurons from axotomy-induced cell death

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3623-3633

  Alcántara, Soledad ^a   Frisén, Jonas ^b,c   Del Río, José Antonio ^a   Soriano, Eduardo ^a   Barbacid, Mariano ^b   Silos Santiago, Inmaculada ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

axotomy; cell death; CNS; hippocampus; motor neuron; TrkB

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030995057     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-10-03623.1997     Document Type: Article

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