Presence of nerve growth factor in the thymus of prenatal, postnatal and pregnant rats

Thymus

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-231

  Aloe, Luigi ^a   Micera, Alessandra ^a   Bracci Laudiero, Luis A ^a   Vigneti, Eli Ana ^a   Turrini, Paolo ^a  

^a Institute of Neurobiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Nerve growth factor; Pregnancy; Thymus

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031422695     PISSN: 01656090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016990503061     Document Type: Article

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