5-Azacytidine and BDNF enhance the maturation of neurons derived from EGF-generated neural stem cells

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 315-325

  Schinstine, Malcolm ^a   Iacovitti, Lorraine ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEM CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031127378     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.6370     Document Type: Article

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