BDNF prevents and reverses adult rat motor neuron degeneration and induces axonal outgrowth

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 273-286

  Kishino, Akiyoshi ^a   Ishige, Yohko ^a   Tatsuno, Tohru ^a   Nakayama, Chikao ^a   Noguchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0031128211     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.6367     Document Type: Article

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