Comparative effects of FK-506, rapamycin and cyclosporin A, on the in vitro differentiation of dorsal root ganglia explants and septal cholinergic neurons

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 1755-1762

  Carreau, A ^a   Gueugnon, J ^a   Benavides, J ^a   Vige X ^a  

^a SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Cholinergic neurons; DRG explants; FK 506; Immunophilin; Neuronal differentiation; Rapamycin

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOPHILIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYENES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0031406638     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(97)00160-3     Document Type: Article

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