Retinal ganglion cell axons drive the proliferation of astrocytes in the developing rodent optic nerve

Neuron

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-230

  Burne, Julia F ^a   Raff, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BROXURIDINE; COLCHICINE; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR AA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TETRODOTOXIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; MITOGENESIS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0031046098     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80263-9     Document Type: Article

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