Morphological alterations in the peripheral and central nervous systems of mice lacking glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF): Immunohistochemical studies

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1168-1178

  Granholm, Ann Charlotte E ^a   Srivastava, Nisha ^a   Mott, Justin L ^a   Henry, Stephanie ^a   Henry, Michael ^a   Westphal, Heiner ^b   Pichel, Jose G ^b   Shen, Liya ^b   Hoffer, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

aminergic neurons; basal forebrain; gastrointestinal innervation; glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor; locus coeruleus; substantia nigra; tooth development

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FOREBRAIN; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0031020397     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-03-01168.1997     Document Type: Article

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