Immunohistochemical analysis of the neurotrophins BDNF and NT-3 and their receptors trk B, trk C, and p75 in the developing chick retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 835-842

  Das, Indranil ^a   Hempstead, Barbara L ^a   Macleish, Peter R ^b   Sparrow, Janet R ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick; Neurotrophins; p75; Retina; trks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031239870     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800011573     Document Type: Article

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