Axotomized septal cholinergic neurons rescued by nerve growth factor or neurotrophin-4/5 fail to express the inducible transcription factor c-Jun

Neuroscience

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1037-1049

  Hughes, P E ^a,d   Alexi, T ^b   Hefti, F ^c   Knusel, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Fos; gene expression; neurotrophin; regeneration; sprouting

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AXONS; DENERVATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 0030995393     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00623-9     Document Type: Article

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